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JAMES II

Maritime detention · Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

JAMES II is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	JAMES II				[sources]
Build Date	2001-10-31 · 2002				[sources]
Call Sign	`T8A4118`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	149995				[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 June 2024 in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from russian ports, as well as through STS transfers, in particular in April 2025 with the tanker IMO 9304825 (under UK sanctions since February 2025) near russian ports in the Baltic Sea. The vessel engages in dark activities near the Kerch Strait in the Sea of Azov in June and July 2024, and then near Romania in July 2024. The international NGO Greenpeace refers to the tanker as part of a shadow fleet of tankers that transport russian oil around the world and threaten the environment. 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. Since December 13, 2025, Ukraine has imposed sanctions on the vessel.				[sources]
Flag	Palau				[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage	79525				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9253909`				[sources]
MMSI	`511100897`				[sources]
Past Flags	Cyprus · Germany · Liberia · Marshall Islands				[sources]
Previous name	Astra · Waltz				[sources]
Type	Crude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker · Oil tanker				[sources]
Source link	war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-05	Last processed	2026-02-05	First seen	2025-05-20

Descriptions

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
-	Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding		2025-10-10	2025-10-11

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Gama Link Tech Services Co Person of interest	security_manager	2023-07-11	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Gama Link Tech Services Co Person of interest	-	-	-

Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,402

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Tokyo MoU Detention List8,394

Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Tokyo MoU region.

Global · Tokyo MoU

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,334

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

External databases

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

Tokyo MoU Port State Control Inspections667

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Tokyo MoU.

External dataset · Global · Tokyo MoU

Source data IDs: ua-ws-41f47e82b4e7c9bb57a8b1ece02fe823e5ee48ef · ua-ws-vessel-1034 · tokyo-mou-psc-c5f17536d1629a0b923717c92c8dc8a87db58aae · gb-fcdo-rus2719 · tok-mou-det-382092f5775c2ede43cb2511635d17da5a4ec989

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