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MA JIN

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

MA JIN is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	MA JIN · Ma Jin				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Build Date	2007				[sources]
Call Sign	`9LU2889`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	115915				[sources]
Description	The tanker during the period of the G7+ oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/oil products is involved in the export of russian crude oil/oil products. The international NGO Greenpeace refers to the tanker as part of the shadow fleet of tankers transporting russian oil around the world and threatening the environment. The tanker is affiliated with Orion Ship Management, a company associated with Gatik Ship Management, one of the leading operators of the so-called "shadow" fleet involved in the transportation of russian crude oil under Western sanctions. In 2023, Orion Ship Management, along with Caishan Ship Management, Plutos Ship Management, Gaurik Ship Management LLP, Geras Ship Management, Girik Ship Management, Galena Ship Management, Nautilus Shipping (India), Ark Seakonnect Shipmanagement LLC, Zidan Ship Management, were involved in a scheme to "juggle" vessels operated by Gatik Ship Management to avoid sanctions. Orion Ship Management was the previous manager of the tanker. Within the framework of restrictions on the shadow fleet of the russian federation, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker on February 24, 2025. 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). On June 03, 2025, the sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel came into force. In June 2025, Canada imposed sanctions on the vessel. In June 2025, Australia imposed sanctions on the vessel. Since September 12, 2025, New Zealand has imposed sanctions on the vessel.				[sources]
Flag	Panama · Sierra Leone				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9346744`				[sources]
MMSI	`667002086`				[sources]
Past Flags	Marshall Islands · Malta · Panama · Singapore				[sources]
Previous name	Action · Fsl Shanghai · P. Kikuma				[sources]
Type	20 · Oil Tanker				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-09	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2025-02-24

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, 2025-06-03

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, 2025-05-20

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
Citrine Shipping INC-SEY Person of interest	commerce_manager	2025-05-31	-
Company Person of interest

Owner
Name	Country	Legal form	Status
Citrine Shipping Inc	-	-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Citrine Shipping INC-SEY Person of interest	-	2023-12-13	-

Data sources

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,047

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,962

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,276

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,532

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

European Union · Council

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,687

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-504 · ca-sema-ca3f62cdf3159f09be20d363eed291d9ca80eb3e · ua-ws-36eb0cfe65ddd6c6c033533206975481d552906a · gb-fcdo-rus2502 · eu-oj-b24a2c4c561bfc40cf871bf9bb7729326b28ae48 · ch-seco-92275 · NK-LKDziNhkrbaBjQbQpf7e73

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