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| Type | Vessel | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | ASTERI · FIORA · Fiora | [sources] | |||
| Build Date | [sources] | ||||
| Description | According to GISIS IMO data as of July 15, 2025, the vessel's registration name is ASTERI, and the flag is designated as "Sint Maarten False". · After Fractal Marine was sanctioned, DMCC tried to challenge the sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom but lost in court. After that, the company 're-signed' its fleet to other companies. · During the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price-cap policy on russian oil, the tanker is involved in the export of russian oil from russian ports in the Baltic Sea, of the Pacific region mainly to China and India. · Fractal Marine DMCC was the commercial manager of the vessel from September 2022 to June 2024. · Fractal Marine DMCC, together with Gatik Ship Management (India) and Radiating World Shipping Services LLC (UAE, under UK sanctions), are considered the leading operators of the russian shadow fleet, which in early 2023 assembled a fleet of about 90 tankers, 90% of which transported russian oil/oil products from the Baltic and Black Sea ports of russia to India, China, Turkey, the Middle East, Africa and South America. In less than a year, the $2 billion fleet of oil tankers assembled by Fractal and Gatik could transport more than 40 million barrels of oil/oil products. Fractal Marine DMCC, Gatik Ship Management and Radiating World Shipping Services LLC in the tanker market helped russian oil continue to circulate around the world and the russian government to generate multibillion-dollar revenues bypassing the sanctions. · | [sources] | |||
| Flag | not available | [sources] | |||
| IMO Number | IMO9282493 | [sources] | |||
| Past Flags | Isle of Man · Marshall Islands · Panama | [sources] | |||
| Previous name | British Cormorant · Fiora · Tartan · Vaigai | [sources] | |||
| Tonnage | 113782 | [sources] | |||
| Type | Crude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker | [sources] | |||
| Source link | energyandcleanair.org · energyandcleanair.org · eur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · gisis.imo.org · | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
Transport crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex 24, 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)
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)
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)
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.
Transporting russian crude oil/oil products in violation of other restrictions
Transportation of fossil fuels
Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.
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UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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| Country | Authority | Program | Start date | End date | |
| Switzerland | State Secretariat for Economic Affairs | - | |||
| United Kingdom | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK | - | |||
| European Union | Council of the European Union | - | |||
| Ukraine | ГУР МО України | - | - | ||
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| Object | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Vanship Maritime Pvt Ltd | Commercial ship manager | - | ||
| Vanship Maritime Pvt Ltd | Ship Safety Management Manager | - | ||
| Owner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | Legal form | Status | |
| Vanship Maritime Pvt Ltd | India | - | - | |
| Owners | ||||
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| Owner | Percentage held | Start date | End date | |
| Narayan International Ltd | - | - | ||