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Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NamePONE · RHEIN[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call SignJ5AM4[sources]
DescriptionOn June 17, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker in connection with the carrying crude oil/petroleum products that originated in russia from russia to a third countries. · 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, EU oil embargo and price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products. The vessel conducts dark activities near russian ports in the Baltic Sea, in the Kerch Strait area, near the TOT of Crimea of Ukraine. The tanker calls at the ports of the TOT of Crimea of Ukraine, in particular, in June 2025 at the port of Kоmysh-Burun. · The tanker is affiliated with the Turkish company Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS, which was the commercial and ISM manager of the vessel from April 2023 to March 2024. Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS is one of the top three ranking Turkish operators, which in 2023 provided transportation of hundreds of millions of barrels of russian crude oil and petroleum products. The fleet of the Turkish top three - Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS and the sanctioned Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Tic and Active Denizcilik ve Gemi - transported a total of 49 million barrels of russian crude oil/petroleum products in 2023. Since March 2024, the tanker has been managed by the Turkish company Tokyo Gemi Isletmeciligi AS. Tokyo Gemi Isletmeciligi AS has the same legal address as two other Turkish ship managers, Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS and Cape Gemi Isletmeciligi AS. Eight tankers of these companies were operated by Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS in 2023 and early 2024, and one tanker was operated by the sanctioned Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Tic.[sources]
FlagGuinea-Bissau[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9306562[sources]
MMSI630001105[sources]
Past FlagsCyprus · Greece · Marshall Islands[sources]
Previous nameBeks Iron · Dhonoussa · LMZ Afroditi · Pone[sources]
Tonnage69523[sources]
TypeCrude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker[sources]
Source linkgisis.imo.org · magicport.ai · mind.ua · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.blackseanews.net · 10 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,

Cargo transportation from/to ТОТ of Ukraine

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

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

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Transportation of fossil fuels

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Calling ports of the TOT

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Relationships

Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,324

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,703

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Source data IDs: gb-fcdo-rus2736 · ua-ws-vessel-1070 · ua-ws-c8968a1d151b61e814d31ae9a561fbfaafd9ff61

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