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Koala

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameKOALA · Koala[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call SignV2YL3[sources]
DescriptionAccording to the United Against Nuclear Iran, the tanker is involved in the transportation of Iranian oil, and after the start of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it has been helping russia to transport russian crude oil/petroleum products. · After sanctions were imposed on the Cypriot company Lagosmarine Limited, the management of the vessel was changed to Vesta Shipmanagement Ltd (UAE). · On June 03, 2025, the sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel came into force. · On May 20, 2025, the EU imposed sanctions, which enter into force on May 21, 2025, on the tanker for the transportation of crude oil/petroleum products originating in or exported from russia, using irregular high-risk shipping practices as specified in the International Maritime Organization General Assembly Resolution A.1192(33). · The international NGO Greenpeace refers to the tanker as part of a shadow fleet of tankers that transport russian oil around the world and threaten the environment. · 4 more...[sources]
FlagAntigua and Barbuda[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9234642[sources]
MMSI305262000[sources]
Past FlagsLiberia · Malta · Panama · Palau[sources]
Previous nameAlexei · Discovery · Nikel · Orbit I · Sumac · 1 more...[sources]
Tonnage164533[sources]
TypeCrude Oil Tanker[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · kse.ua · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · 9 more...[sources]
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Descriptions

Transport crude oil or petroleum products that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia while practicing irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organisation General Assembly resolution A.1192(33)

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Article 4x(2), point (b): transport crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XIII, that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia while practicing irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organisation General Assembly resolution A.1192(33)

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities,

Transportation of fossil fuels

Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Transporting russian crude oil/oil products in violation of other restrictions

Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Relationships

Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,351

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,682

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,308

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council


Source data IDs: ua-ws-dd34a3dae39637b9f6274ce007d5b528291375d1 · ch-seco-92265 · eu-oj-dabf077c9c65e5dc26068787e2f63450053642d9

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