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TIMON

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

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	TIMON				[sources]
Build Date	2009				[sources]
Call Sign	`A8TH7`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	85622				[sources]
Description	The vessel is part of a vast shipping empire controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, the son of Ali Shamkhani, the chief political advisor to iran’s supreme leader. Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani leverages his father’s political influence to corrupt senior iranian regime officials in order to build and operate a massive fleet of tankers and container ships. This fleet transports oil and petroleum products from Iran and russia, as well as other cargoes, to customers worldwide, generating tens of billions of dollars in profit. His shipping network comprises a vast fleet of vessels, ship management companies, and front entities that launder billions of dollars in proceeds from global sales of iranian and russian crude oil and petroleum products, mostly to buyers in the People’s Republic of China. The network takes extensive measures to conceal its operations and obscure its ties to the Shamkhani family, Iran, and russia. The vessel IMO 9415844 is affiliated with the sanctioned company Draco Buren Shipping Pte Ltd (Singapore). Draco Buren Shipping Pte Ltd is one of numerous shipping companies established to manage the fleet of Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani's network. The vessel IMO 9415844 is also linked to the sanctioned company Marvise SMC DMCC (UAE). Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani manages the illegal activities of the shipping empire through various companies, including Marvise SMC DMCC, formerly known as Mairin Ship Management and Consultancy DMCC. This company provides management services to many of Hossein's shipping companies and secretly controls a fleet of dozens of vessels registered as the property of many other companies. Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani personally controls the activities of Marvise SMC DMCC in Tehran, Iran. On July 30, 2025, the United States imposed sanctions on the vessel IMO 9415844.				[sources]
Flag	Liberia				[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage	75604				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9415844`				[sources]
MMSI	`636021306`				[sources]
Past Flags	Germany				[sources]
Previous name	RDO Concert · Rdo Concert · Uasc Yanbu				[sources]
Type	7 · Container Ship · Container ship				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-16	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2025-07-30

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States	Office of Foreign Assets Control		-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
DNV AS (DNV)	Classification society	-	-
Draco Buren Shipping Pte Ltd

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Marvise SMC DMCC Sanctioned entity	-	-	-

Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List35,308

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,254

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

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,374

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Ukraine · GUR