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LION 1

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameLION 1 · LION I · Lion I[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign3E8634[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage107023[sources]
DescriptionThe tanker is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products during the period of the G7, EU oil embargo and price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, in particular in 2025 from the russian port of Primorsk. The tanker, while exporting russian crude oil/petroleum products, resorts to disabling AIS and conducting dark activities in the Gulf of Finland, Primorsk port (in May 2025). Since May 2025, the owner and commercial manager of the tanker is Kario Maritime Inc, registered in the Seychelles, and the ISM manager is the Chinese company Mo Chou Hu Shipmanagement Co. The fleet of these companies consists only of the tanker IMO 9384069. From July 20, 2025, the EU imposed sanctions on a tanker for transporting crude oil/petroleum products that originate in russia or are exported from russia using irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organization General Assembly resolution A.1192 (33). On August 12, 2025, Switzerland imposed sanctions on the vessel. On October 15, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel.[sources]
FlagPanama[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage58667[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9384069[sources]
MMSI352005346[sources]
Past FlagsGreece · Marshall Islands · Malta[sources]
Previous nameSaetta[sources]
Type20[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu[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,

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,

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Data sources

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,805

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

European Union · Council

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,773

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 List5,982

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,404

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

EU Sanctions Map1,319

The EU Sanctions Map is a visualisation of EU sanctions policy. It includes a broader set of policies and entities than the EU consolidated sanctions list.

European Union · Council

Source data IDs: eu-sancmap-aace6263425a7fbb785efa8905d483c7ea09a4e0 · ua-ws-vessel-1037 · gb-fcdo-rus3141 · ch-seco-95124 · eu-oj-f76e9c0c2ef1c2b6f785f2be599fa7e240f4a001 · ua-ws-a7729d279eb3f9266d0bcfd0c64fd1c258c6ada7

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