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| Type | Vessel | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | AEOLUS · VIRA1 | [sources] | |||
| Build Date | · | [sources] | |||
| Call Sign | 5LBD8 | [sources] | |||
| Deadweight Tonnage | 18166 | [sources] | |||
| Description | The vessel is affiliated with Reel Shipping LLC, a designated entity based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Reel Shipping LLC manages a fleet of container vessels that forms part of a large shipping network controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani. Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani–the son of Ali Shamkhani, the chief political adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader–leverages his father’s political influence to corrupt senior officials of the Iranian regime and to build and operate an extensive fleet of tankers and container vessels. This fleet transports crude oil and refined petroleum products originating from Iran and the russian federation, as well as other cargoes, to customers worldwide, generating revenues in the tens of billions of dollars. The Shamkhani-controlled shipping network comprises a large fleet of vessels, ship-management companies, and front (shell) companies that launder billions of dollars in proceeds from global sales of Iranian and russian crude oil and petroleum products, predominantly to buyers in the People’s Republic of China. The network undertakes extensive measures to conceal its operations and to obscure links to the Shamkhani family, Iran, and russia. On 30 July 2025, the United States designated the vessel IMO 9088524. | [sources] | |||
| Flag | Liberia | [sources] | |||
| Gross Registered Tonnage | 18166 · 26267 | [sources] | |||
| IMO Number | IMO9088524 | [sources] | |||
| MMSI | 636020878 | [sources] | |||
| Past Flags | Antigua and Barbuda · Germany · Liberia · Palau | [sources] | |||
| Previous name | Admiral Santosh · Aeolus · CMA CGM Maya · Calaparana · Hazel · | [sources] | |||
| Type | 7 · Container Ship · Container ship | [sources] | |||
| Source link | sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.
United States · OFAC
Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.
Ukraine · GUR
The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.
United States · ITA
Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Tokyo MoU region.
Global · Tokyo MoU
ofac-54866 · tok-mou-det-202514b97ec746f9931dbc5cdd2428c8147d805b · ua-ws-vessel-1154For experts: raw data explorer
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Reel Shipping L.L.C Sanctioned entity | commerce_manager | - | ||
| Bureau Veritas (BV) | ||||
| Owners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Percentage held | Start date | End date | |
| Periyar Lines Inc Person of interest | - | - | ||
| Ukraine | ГУР МО України | Vessels involved in the transportation of weapons, stolen Ukrainian products and in the circumvention of sanctions | - | - |
| - | Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding | - |
| - |
| - |
| DNV AS (DNV) | Related Recognised Organization | - | - |
| DNV AS (DNV) | Classification society | - | - |
| Crios Shipping LLC Sanctioned entity | Company | - | - |
| Neptoria Ship Management FZ-LLC Person of interest | security_manager | - |
| Reel Shipping L.L.C Sanctioned entity | - | - | - |