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BEKS ROBIN

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameBEKS ROBIN · WALL · Wall[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign3E5263 · V7A7541[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage45956[sources]
DescriptionThe tanker during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products. The tanker is affiliated with the Turkish company Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS, which was the commercial and ISM manager of the vessel from November 2023 to March 2024. Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS is one of the top three ranking Turkish operators, which in 2023 provided transportation of hundreds of millions of barrels of Russian oil and oil products. The fleet of the Turkish top three - Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS and the sanctioned Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Tic and Active Denizcilik ve Gemi - transported a total of 49 million barrels of Russian oil/oil products in 2023. Since March 2024, the tanker has been managed by the Turkish company Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS. Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS has the same legal address as two other Turkish ship managers, Tokyo Gemi Isletmeciligi AS and Cape Gemi Isletmeciligi AS. Eight tankers of these companies were operated by Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS in 2023 and early 2024, and one tanker was operated by the sanctioned Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Tic. On May 20, 2025, the EU imposed sanctions, which will 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. On July 21, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel.[sources]
FlagMarshall Islands · Panama[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage29646[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9299886[sources]
MMSI352003640[sources]
Past FlagsMarshall Islands · Saudi Arabia[sources]
Previous nameBeks Robin · NCC Hijaz[sources]
Type21 · Oil tanker/Chemical tanker (OILCHEM)[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu[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,

Relationships

Data sources

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,822

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

European Union · Council

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,753

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

Switzerland · SECO

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,286

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,975

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Abuja MoU Port State Control Inspections71

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Abuja MoU.

External dataset · Global · Abuja MoU


Source data IDs: ua-ws-vessel-991 · abuja-mou-psc-05702d7ab8cd20116f5006ffcdc9d88821a831d8 · eu-oj-2d9560ed198fc2fa97351d92c1285ece88fcaa57 · gb-fcdo-rus2907 · ua-ws-ac0375ae410f3aff644d4f18a78107a46528d433 · ch-seco-94196

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