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Daphne I

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameDAPHNE 1 · DAPHNE I · Daphne I[sources]
CountryRussia[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call SignH9YF[sources]
DescriptionDuring the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, the tanker is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products, including the use of deceptive, high-risk practices, through STS transfers with russian affiliations. · In 2025, the tanker calls at russian ports, in particular, the Sheskharis terminal (Novorossiysk), which is a transshipment complex, the end point of the main pipelines of Chernomortransneft JSC (TIN: 2315072242, under USA sanctions), a subsidiary of the sanctioned russian Transneft PJSC (TIN: 7706061801). · In July 2023, the tanker was involved in the export of diesel (almost 30 thousand tons) from the russian port of Tuapse, where the production complex belonging to the sanctioned PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, the Tuapse Oil Refinery with a sea terminal, is located. The sender of the cargo was the sanctioned russian Rosneft, and the recipient was GMS Trading Middle East DMCC (UAE), founded on February 16, 2022. · In June 2025, Canada imposed sanctions on the vessel. · In September 2024, after leaving the port of Tuapse, the tanker conducted STS transmissions with tanker IMO 9260067, which was sanctioned by USA in October 2024, and tanker IMO 9247443 in the area near Greece. Since July 2024, the tanker IMO 9247443, without proper insurance of the International P&I Club, has been operating in the area of Greece and Cyprus as a floating STS transshipment hub for russian wet cargo delivered to the area of Greece and Cyprus for transshipment mainly from the russian ports of Tuapse, Novorossiysk, as well as from the Taman crude oil/petroleum products transshipment complex, Primorsk, Ust-Luga. Such deliveries from russian ports for further transshipment via tanker IMO 9247443 in European waters are carried out by a number of tankers, including those affiliated with the Indian company Gatik Ship Management, one of the leading operators of the russian shadow fleet. · 4 more...[sources]
FlagPanama[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9251456[sources]
MMSI355643000[sources]
Past FlagsGermany · Marshall Islands · Malta[sources]
Previous nameMeriom Jade · Port S · Port Stewart · Trident Serenity[sources]
Tonnage38875[sources]
TypeChemical/Products Tanker · Oil Products Tanker · Oil Tanker[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · sprotyv.info · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.blackseanews.net · www.blackseanews.net · 12 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,

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,

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

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,684

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 Entities2,159

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

European Union · Council

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,573

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,052

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,332

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR


Source data IDs: ca-sema-42581ca855453c5b0489b42565b66381fa457290 · eu-oj-a944150d4afefd089a2f740e8045147a82fa8d96 · ua-ws-dcd6fc10c9efbaa589b216497b3a8ff8495e4146 · ch-seco-92485 · gb-fcdo-rus2517

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