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RICCA

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

RICCA is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	RICCA · Ricca				[sources]
Build Date	2004 · 2005				[sources]
Call Sign	`3E5031`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	49964 · 50375				[sources]
Description	The 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 since May 2023 in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from russian ports in the Black and Baltic Seas, including the use of deceptive practices (disabling AIS, in particular near the russian port of Ust-Luga). The tanker is affiliated with Hung Phat Maritime Trading (Vietnam), which as of June 05, 2025 is the owner and commercial manager of the vessel and the fleet of which includes three other sanctioned oil tankers IMO 9284594, IMO 9326720, IMO 9374868, which are considered to be part of the shadow fleet of the russian federation. On May 20, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker as part of the restrictions on the shadow fleet of the russian federation, including for engaging in activities aimed at destabilizing Ukraine, undermining/threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine or benefiting from or supporting the government of russia, and participating in the transportation of crude oil/petroleum products of russian origin, in particular, from russia to a third country. According to GISIS IMO data, as of July 14, 2025, the vessel's flag is unknown. 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.				[sources]
Flag	Panama				[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage	30971				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9292577`				[sources]
Past Flags	Liberia · Panama · Singapore				[sources]
Previous name	Kriti Emerald · Ocean Jupiter · Oriental Ruby				[sources]
Type	20 · Oil Tanker · Oil tanker/Chemical tanker (OILCHEM)				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-09	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2025-05-20

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, 2025-08-12

Article 3s(2), point (b): transport crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XXV, 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, 2025-07-21

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
Korean Register	Classification society	-	-
Hung Phat Maritime Trading

Owner
Name	Country	Legal form	Status
Hung Phat Maritime Trading	Vietnam	-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Hung Phat Maritime Trading Person of interest	-	2017-08-01	-

Data sources

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,752

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

Switzerland · SECO

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,964

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

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

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,286

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

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: ch-seco-95694 · ua-ws-df5fb0c62fa7c0420eb0ca2290eb4a4ea164579b · NK-UYhwnjQF4AT9zBCKvccrqB · ua-ws-vessel-1032 · eu-oj-66541e96d12894bf22361d1da664d2eea2ef1171 · gb-fcdo-rus2710 · abuja-mou-psc-27d11aa79047cc52b7d2dcb86b62d947c711fa56

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