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KATIUSKA

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameKATIUSKA · Katiuska[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign3FXO6[sources]
DescriptionAfter restrictions were imposed on russian oil in December 2022, the tanker has been involved in exporting russian oil to third countries since November 2023, and is also involved in violating the G7 and EU oil embargo on the export of crude oil to the EU. Thus, in August 2024, in violation of the oil embargo, the vessel exported russian crude oil from the russian port of Taman in the Black Sea and delivered it to a transshipment point south of the Laconian Gulf, west of the island of Kithira. · On July 21, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel. · On June 03, 2025, the sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel came into force. · On May 20, 2025, the EU imposed sanctions, which enter into force on May 21, 2025, on the tanker for the transportation of crude oil/petroleum products originating in or exported from russia, using irregular high-risk shipping practices as specified in the International Maritime Organization General Assembly Resolution A.1192(33). · The international public organization Greenpeace classified the tanker as a shadow fleet. · 1 more...[sources]
FlagPanama[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9236004[sources]
MMSI372669000[sources]
Past FlagsGreece · Liberia[sources]
Previous nameFilikon · Paros[sources]
Tonnage149989[sources]
TypeCrude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · kse.ua · kse.ua · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · 5 more...[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,

Article 4x(2), point (b): transport crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XIII, 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)

— EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities,

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,

Transportation of fossil fuels

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Violation of the oil embargo

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Relationships

Data sources

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,159

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

European Union · Council

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,572

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,332

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,684

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Source data IDs: ua-ws-9b1fe076ba31d4aa42acd8c0e5f5e58847f9e95a · eu-oj-3fef6d3c8abed22d731361f0396d244b9ddb7ff1 · gb-fcdo-rus2829 · ch-seco-92535

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