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CARUZO

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameCARUZO · Caruzo[sources]
CountryRussia[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign9LS2106[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage146645[sources]
DescriptionThe tanker has been implicated in the export of russian crude oil and petroleum products from ports in the Baltic, Black Seas since October 2023, during the period of the G7 and European Union (EU) oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products. The vessel has engaged in deceptive and high-risk practices, including dark activities in the Kerch Strait area. In October 2024, it conducted ship-to-ship (STS) transfers in the Kerch Strait with the sanctioned tankers IMO 9212008, IMO 9211999, as well as with tanker IMO 9476771, affiliated with a russian company. In 2024, under the command of Captains Alexander Grigoriev, Ivan Shashin, and Alexander Peregrudov, the tanker transported crude oil and petroleum products from the russian ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk to India, Turkey, and China. The international NGO Greenpeace has identified the vessel as part of the shadow fleet transporting russian oil globally and posing environmental risks. According to United Against Nuclear Iran, the tanker has been involved in the export of Iranian oil and in the carriage of designated russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products. The vessel calls at the ports in the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine, including the port of Kamysh-Burun in June 2025. The vessel is affiliated with the Moldovan company KSN Shipmanagement SRL, one of ten Moldovan companies that have played a significant role in maritime transportation of russian oil, subsequently transferring management of their tankers to companies in Azerbaijan, while some vessels were transferred to the management of companies in the United Arab Emirates. On 9 May 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker as part of measures targeting the russian shadow fleet, citing its involvement in activities intended to destabilise Ukraine, undermine or threaten its territorial integrity, sovereignty, or independence, benefit from or support the Government of the russian federation, and participation in the transportation of russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products, including shipments from russia to third countries. On 20 May 2025, the EU imposed sanctions on the tanker, effective 21 May 2025, for transporting crude oil and/or petroleum products originating in, or exported from, the russian federation while employing irregular and high-risk shipping practices, as defined in International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly Resolution A.1192(33). On 3 June 2025, sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel entered into force. In June 2025, Canada imposed sanctions on the vessel. In August 2025, Ukraine imposed sanctions on the tanker's masters.[sources]
FlagSierra Leone[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage81148[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9137648[sources]
MMSI667002403[sources]
Past FlagsCook Islands · Cameroon · India · Palau · Sierra Leone[sources]
Previous nameCrimson · Osprey · Rimson[sources]
Type20 · Oil Tanker · Oil tanker[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

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

External databases

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

Tokyo MoU Port State Control Inspections553

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Tokyo MoU.

External dataset · Global · Tokyo MoU

Source data IDs: gb-fcdo-rus2581 · ua-ws-2557b139f71fc3b827fc0197fa3fa7f9e9f7667c · ua-ws-vessel-858 · ca-sema-6949a8562fbab836be2112dcae327dc474f78413 · ch-seco-91639 · ua-ws-89b530396461d3c99760fc868297fb7894144776 · tokyo-mou-psc-cab3faa5e2b9965a611e06a5344772df095954d1 · NK-XQqrmWfePKVyAEcdVEaQcA · eu-oj-e905ef7d209f8904e2e5a3a4e5ea97d0d4a43254

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