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Saraswati

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameSARASWATI · Saraswati[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign3E8394[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage106850[sources]
DescriptionThe tanker, during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from the russian ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga in the Baltic Sea since March 2025, as well as in August 2023. The tanker, while exporting russian crude oil/petroleum products from the russian ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk in 2025, resorts to disabling AIS and conducting dark activities near the russian port of Ust-Luga and in the Gulf of Finland. Since February 2025, the owner and commercial manager of the tanker is Rang Shipping Ltd, a company registered in the Seychelles, the fleet of which consists only of the tanker IMO 9383869. Since February 2025, the ISM-manager of the vessel is the Indian company Mariam Ship Management Service, the fleet of which, as of June 14, 2025, in addition to the tanker IMO 9383869, also includes the crude oil tanker IMO 9297553, which is also involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from the russian ports of Primorsk, Ust-Luga, Vysotsk, Nakhodka during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products. 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]
FlagPanama[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage58418[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9383869[sources]
MMSI352005254[sources]
Past FlagsGreece · Malta[sources]
Previous nameSarasota · Sarasota A[sources]
Type20[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,

Relationships

Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,745

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,678

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

Switzerland · SECO

EU Sanctions Map1,291

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

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,530

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council

Source data IDs: ua-ws-vessel-1040 · ua-ws-8be9d60d391daceabdbb0dbb741c0f69895096f9 · eu-oj-eee8b91d6d199cdb7f1643312da8ba876bfd7b9f · ch-seco-95199 · eu-sancmap-f478926bedc51b3d2c5032c5f15ac697264329cb

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