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JAMES II

Maritime detention · Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameJAMES II[sources]
Build Date · [sources]
Call SignT8A4118[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage149995[sources]
DescriptionOn 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. · 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. · 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.[sources]
FlagPalau[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage79525[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9253909[sources]
MMSI511100897[sources]
Past FlagsCyprus · Germany · Liberia · Marshall Islands[sources]
Previous nameAstra · Waltz[sources]
Tonnage149995[sources]
TypeCrude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker · Oil tanker[sources]
Source linkwar-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · www.blackseanews.net · www.greenpeace.org · www.lloydslist.com · 2 more...[sources]
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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,

Transportation of fossil fuels

Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Transporting russian crude oil/oil products in violation of other restrictions

Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Relationships

Data sources

Tokyo MoU Detention List7,967

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

Global · Tokyo MoU

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,351

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,711

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:

Tokyo MoU Port State Control Inspections552

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Tokyo MoU.

External dataset · Global · Tokyo MoU


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

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