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LACONIA

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameBOSCA · LACONIA · Laconia · Starlit[sources]
CountryRussia[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call SignJ2GA[sources]
DescriptionAs sanctions are being imposed, russia uses a scheme of "juggling" ships between related companies to conceal oil exports outside the price cap and other restrictions, as well as to hide the real owners of ships, and to ensure unimpeded transportation of fossil fuels by a 'shadow' fleet of obsolete oil tankers, creates new companies for these purposes (in the UAE, Hong Kong, India, Turkey, Mauritius, Seychelles, and other jurisdictions) with non-transparent organizational and ownership structures. In order to implement this scheme, technical/commercial management and ship owners are constantly changing, and vessels are renamed with a change of flag, MMSI, call-sign, including for sanctioned vessels. Shadow fleet vessels operate under "convenient flags", which allows them to conceal their true origin and avoid control by international organizations and insurance companies. · During the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price-cap policy on russian crude oil, the tanker is involved in the export of russian crude oil from russian ports to third countries, and resorts to the practice of turning off the AIS signal, conducting so-called 'dark activities' at sea. · Gatik Ship Management and Gaurik Ship Management were the previous managers of the tanker. · In June 2025, Australia imposed sanctions on the vessel. · On December 17, 2024, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on a vessel in connection with the transportation of oil or oil products originating in russia or from russia to a third country. · 7 more...[sources]
FlagGabon · Malawi[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9257022[sources]
MMSI621819068[sources]
Past FlagsGabon · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Liberia · Marshall Islands · Panama · 1 more...[sources]
Previous nameAcs Bright · Laconia · Ridgebury Alice M · S-Trooper · Sanko Bright[sources]
Tonnage105745[sources]
TypeCrude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · kse.ua · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · www.blackseanews.net · 6 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,

Transporting russian crude oil/oil products in violation of other restrictions

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Relationships

Data sources

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,052

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 List5,713

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,349

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,682

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

Switzerland · SECO

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,308

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

European Union · Council

Source data IDs: NK-DuNdQngJZWF6mw8fMKfnUB · eu-oj-52270e30699b0daaa631e02455fa170a479566e6 · ua-ws-6a306ed6103c703f2a82f6204624c9cd3c5364f1 · ch-seco-92209 · gb-fcdo-rus2377 · ua-ws-f03e40b26aa4a64b828bba477fc8f7919afd87de · ca-sema-79067c0b8e2c6751a8c1319ece3dc1f34d8eb31d · ua-ws-dadbe36bf59f962388a1014294fcae1d42a00724 · ua-ws-vessel-432

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