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KANTI

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameARTEMIS GAS · KANTI · LUNA · SIONA[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call SignD6A4099 · T7BN8[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage53194[sources]
DescriptionThe tanker is affiliated with Kanti Lines Inc. (Marshall Islands), which was sanctioned by the USA in July 2025 for sponsoring or providing financial, material, or technological support, goods/services to the sanctioned 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. On July 30, 2025, the United States imposed sanctions on the tanker IMO 9282106.[sources]
FlagComoros · San Marino[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage47279[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9282106[sources]
MMSI268243502 · 620800099[sources]
Past FlagsHong Kong SAR · Panama · San Marino[sources]
Previous nameArtemis Gas · Kanti · Luna · Oriental Queen[sources]
Type31 · Gas carrier · LPG Tanker[sources]
Source linksanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,326

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,257

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

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List35,177

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

United States · OFAC

External databases

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Tokyo MoU Port State Control Inspections613

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Tokyo MoU.

External dataset · Global · Tokyo MoU


Source data IDs: ua-ws-vessel-1273 · tokyo-mou-psc-51b722244f78d8f51cacaf5cdabe0f28ab744180 · ofac-54914

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