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| Type | Vessel | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | HEIDI A · Heidi A · SYNDRA | [sources] | |||
| Build Date | [sources] | ||||
| Call Sign | 3E2523 | [sources] | |||
| Deadweight Tonnage | 105495 | [sources] | |||
| Description | According to Lloyd's List, 'Heidi A' is linked to anonymous Chinese buyers who spent about $376 million to purchase 13 tankers to carry out risky ship-to-ship transportation of russian oil in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Ship-to-shore logistics hubs are a common feature of the scheme, allowing for the concealment of ownership and origin of cargo. In addition to the mid-Atlantic STS hub, there are also areas near the ports of Kalamata (Greece), Malta, Ceuta, and the Caucasus where ship-to-ship operations have been established for russian oil. STS's operations in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean are outside the jurisdiction of port authorities, with limited technical and operational oversight, which increases safety and environmental concerns due to the unknown insurance and vessel ownership data. · 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 oil to third countries from russian ports in the Baltic Sea and the Pacific region, and resorts to STS operations with russian oil in the Atlantic Ocean, the practice of turning off the AIS signal, and conducting so-called 'dark activities' at sea. · In June 2025, Canada imposed sanctions on the vessel. · Lloyd's List has tracked five Aframax tankers, seven large oil carriers and one Suezmax vessel to an anonymous buyer through separate but related companies operating offshore Hong Kong and China that own similar vessels. The group of tankers was acquired between May and July 2022 for a total of $285 million, based on ship brokerage reports and market valuations. Since then, all but one of the tankers have been involved in the transshipment of russian oil cargoes at a high-risk transshipment hub located 860 nautical miles west of Portugal in international waters. The vessels purchased by the anonymous Chinese buyer are 15 years old or more, making it impossible for most major oil companies to charter them and impossible to obtain conventional financing. · Oil exports from russia are the most important source of income for the kremlin regime to finance its war against Ukraine. The tax on oil production collected by the russian federation in 2023 amounted to 8.9 trillion rubles, or 31% of total federal revenues. According to CREA data for September 2024, russia's revenues from crude oil exported by sea amounted to 192 million euros per day, 86% of the total volume of russian marine crude oil was transported by shadow tankers, while tankers owned or insured in countries that impose price restrictions accounted for 14% of the total value of russian oil exported in September. · | [sources] | |||
| Flag | Panama | [sources] | |||
| Gross Registered Tonnage | 56172 | [sources] | |||
| IMO Number | IMO9321976 | [sources] | |||
| MMSI | 352001510 | [sources] | |||
| Past Flags | Bahamas · Liberia | [sources] | |||
| Previous name | Heidi A · Mitera Marigo | [sources] | |||
| Tonnage | 105495 | [sources] | |||
| Type | Crude Oil Tanker · Oil tanker | [sources] | |||
| Source link | eur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · home.treasury.gov · kse.ua · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
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)
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
Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.
Ukraine · GUR
The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.
United States of America · ITA
The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.
United States of America · OFAC
Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
European Union · Council
The EU Sanctions Map is a visualisation of EU sanctions policy. It includes a broader set of policies and entities than the EU consolidated sanctions list.
European Union · Council
UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
United Kingdom · FCDO
Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes
Switzerland · SECO
The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:
Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Tokyo MoU.
External dataset · Global · Tokyo MoU
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| Country | Authority | Program | Start date | End date | |
| Switzerland | State Secretariat for Economic Affairs | - | |||
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| Subject | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Sunne Co Ltd Export controlled · Sanctioned entity | Company | - | - | |
| Linked to | ||||
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| Object | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Sunne Co Ltd Export controlled · Sanctioned entity | Commercial ship manager | - | ||
| Owner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | Legal form | Status | |
| Degonia Co Ltd | - | - | - | |
| Owners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Percentage held | Start date | End date | |
| Savannah Naia Ltd | - | - | ||
| United Kingdom | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK | Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 | - |
| Ukraine | ГУР МО України | Marine and Aircraft Vessels, Airports and Ports involved in the transportation of weapons, stolen Ukrainian products and in the circumvention of sanctions | - | - |
| United States of America | Office of Foreign Assets Control | Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions | - | - |
| Lloyd`s Register (LR) | Classification society | - | - |
| Ship Safety Management Manager |
| - |
| Sunne Co Ltd Export controlled · Sanctioned entity | - | - | - |