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HERA is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	HERA · Hera				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Build Date	2007				[sources]
Call Sign	`XVKD7`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	158843				[sources]
Description	During the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price-cap policy on russian oil, the tanker has been involved in the export of russian oil mainly to India, making frequent calls to russian ports in the Black Sea. According to the USA-based advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), which monitors Iranian-related tanker traffic using satellite data, the vessel was involved in the transportation of Iranian oil and has switched to transporting russian oil since June 2022. Since the beginning of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, more than 90 vessels that previously helped Tehran export Iranian export oil are now helping russia transport russian oil/oil products. In May 2022, UANI first predicted that russia would turn to a 'ghost armada' to ensure oil flows to its Chinese partner. The international public organization Greenpeace refers to the tanker as a shadowy fleet of tankers transporting russian oil around the world and threatening the environment. On May 09, 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. On May 20, 2025, the EU imposed sanctions, which will enter into force on May 21, 2025, on the tanker for the transportation of crude oil/petroleum products originating in or exported from russia, using irregular high-risk shipping practices as specified in the International Maritime Organization General Assembly Resolution A.1192(33). On June 03, 2025, the sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel came into force. In June 2025, Canada imposed sanctions on the vessel.				[sources]
Flag	Vietnam				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9326720`				[sources]
MMSI	`574005330`				[sources]
Past Flags	Norway				[sources]
Previous name	Gracy · SKS Spey				[sources]
Type	20 · Oil Tanker				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-09	Last processed	2025-10-22	First seen	2025-05-09

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, 2025-06-03

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, 2025-05-20

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
Switzerland	State Secretariat for Economic Affairs		2025-06-03	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Hung Phat Maritime Trading Person of interest	commerce_manager	2023-05-15	-
Hung Phat Maritime Trading

Owner
Name	Country	Legal form	Status
Hung Phat Maritime Trading	Vietnam	-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Hung Phat Maritime Trading Person of interest	-	2023-05-15	-

Data sources

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,042

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,286

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,822

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

European Union · Council

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,975

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,753

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

Switzerland · SECO

Source data IDs: eu-oj-9828bc55329614a2babfa70f09e1828eb5f5fb36 · ca-sema-11a5fbb42f1332ae879400514ecd737cbd93659f · ch-seco-92240 · NK-RcWK4MDBvHNhiZ3tXXJzLz · ua-ws-vessel-473 · gb-fcdo-rus2521 · ua-ws-3a91b00a2349b0bf3f26af44b42b268c41936085

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