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ASTRA

Maritime detention · Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	ASTRA · Astra				[sources]
Build Date	2002-06-25 · 2003				[sources]
Call Sign	`XVJT7`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	32363				[sources]
Description	The tanker is affiliated with the Vietnamese company Sao Viet Petrol Transportation Company Limited, which was sanctioned by USA on January 10, 2025 for its activities in the energy sector of the russian economy. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as a property in which Sao Viet Petrol Transportation Company Limited has an interest. Since September 12, 2025, the United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on the vessel.				[sources]
Flag	Vietnam				[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage	20033				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9273387`				[sources]
MMSI	`574005470`				[sources]
Past Flags	Marshall Islands · Singapore				[sources]
Previous name	Chembulk New Orleans · Spirit				[sources]
Type	21 · Chemical tanker · Chemical/Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-09	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2025-01-10

Descriptions

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
Ukraine	ГУР МО України		-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
RINA Services S.p.A. (RINA)	Classification society	-	-
Stravax Shipping Co Ltd

Owner
Name	Country	Legal form	Status
Stravax Shipping Co Ltd	Vietnam	-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Sao Viet Petrol Transportation Co Ltd Export controlled · Sanctioned entity	-	-	-

Data sources

Tokyo MoU Detention List8,105

Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Tokyo MoU region.

Global · Tokyo MoU

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,976

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

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List35,254

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

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,256

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 Sanctions5,382

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Tokyo MoU Port State Control Inspections612

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Tokyo MoU.

External dataset · Global · Tokyo MoU

Source data IDs: ofac-51551 · gb-fcdo-rus3003 · tokyo-mou-psc-69277b0921def2f3ddd0062e0da59d67c3240e92 · ua-ws-vessel-655 · ua-ws-e1b6ca0cba16a13f4658bd09bbc1f659639e45cc · ua-ws-8a379633c48215609e4823fe0a92057761ce8c40 · tok-mou-det-c031cd9609e7cf6df8d9fea8871fae8f9bd4ee6a

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