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VELES

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

VELES is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	VELES · Veles				[sources]
Build Date	2004				[sources]
Call Sign	`UAZH`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	7087				[sources]
Description	The tanker during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products. On May 20, 2025, the EU imposed sanctions, which will 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). On June 03, 2025, the sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel came into force. On July 21, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel.				[sources]
Flag	Russia				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9299173`				[sources]
MMSI	`273337270`				[sources]
Past Flags	Italy · Luxembourg · Türkiye · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines				[sources]
Previous name	Baltic Eagle · Besiktas Baltic · Guildo				[sources]
Type	21				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-09	Last processed	2025-10-22	First seen	2025-05-20

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, 2025-06-09

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, 2025-05-20

Shipping sanctions: a specified ship is prohibited from being provided with access to or having its master or pilot cause it to enter a port in the UK, may have its registration on the UK Ship Register terminated, and a master or pilot of a specified ship may be given a port barring direction, a detention direction, and a port entry direction or a movement direction.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-09-15

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United Kingdom	Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK		2025-07-21	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
KONTUR SPB Person of interest	security_manager	2021-07-02	-
KONTUR SPB Person of interest

Owner
Name	Country	Legal form	Status
KONTUR SPB · Kontur-SPB OOO · Kontur-spb LLC · ОБЩЕСТВО С ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬЮ "КОНТУР СПБ"	Russia	Общества с ограниченной ответственностью	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Kontur OOO Sanctioned entity	-	2021-06-29	-

Data sources

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,754

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

Switzerland · SECO

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,975

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,532

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

European Union · Council

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,286

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Source data IDs: eu-oj-ec3e9994be5e850441e12b637d8ef32d48c6e6b4 · ua-ws-6a92340baa9d91eb0c95f484c3a5396e9477571b · gb-fcdo-rus2894 · ch-seco-94311 · ua-ws-vessel-978

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