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MONARCH I

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameMONARCH I · Monarch I[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign3E8392[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage105009[sources]
DescriptionThe tanker, during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, has been involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from russian ports (Primorsk, Ust-Luga) in the Baltic Sea since March 2025, and from the port of Vysotsk in 2023. When exporting russian crude oil/petroleum products, the tanker resorts to disabling AIS and conducting dark activities near Finland and the Åland Islands (in May 2025), near the russian port of Ust-Luga (in March, May 2025). Since February 2025, the owner and commercial manager of the tanker has been Lafafa Shipping Ltd, a company registered in the Seychelles and the fleet of which consists only of the tanker IMO 9377779. 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 Tonnage58418[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9377779[sources]
MMSI352005252[sources]
Past FlagsGreece · Liberia · Malta[sources]
Previous nameMonterey[sources]
Type20[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu[sources]
Last changeLast processedFirst seen

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,

Relationships

Data sources

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

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

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

Source data IDs: ua-ws-vessel-1039 · gb-fcdo-rus3108 · ua-ws-b4978f095426b8771a88447084b0b635f1c473f3 · ch-seco-95204 · eu-oj-be2c891f5283bad09a109062cdd42052f8107c6f · eu-sancmap-6767c9850f49db44e037614dfbdef51087765068

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