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TypeVessel[sources]
NameOcean Explorer · UNITY · Unity[sources]
CountryRussia[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call SignC5J498[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage108929[sources]
DescriptionTanker ship involved in deliveries of refined petroleum or related products to the DPRK, including via ship-to-ship transfer with the "Yuk Tung" (IMO: 9030591) in October 2018. · The tanker is involved in the transportation of russian crude oil/oil products from russian ports in the Baltic Sea and the Arctic region during the period of the G7+ oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian oil/oil products, and is engaged in dark activities, in particular, in the area of the port of Ust-Luga. The tanker is affiliated with a russian company Agro Tanker Group LLC (TIN 9703142189), which was sanctioned by USA on January 10, 2025 for its activities in the energy sector of the russian economy. The tanker is also affiliated with the sanctioned Turkish company Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi Ve Tic, as well as the Turkish company Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS, which were among the top three ranking Turkish operators, which in 2023 provided transportation of tens of millions of barrels of russian crude oil and petroleum products. The fleet of the top three Turkish operators - 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/oil products in 2023. After the sanctions were imposed on Agro Tanker Group LLC, the company changed its flag country and ship's management. On February 24, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel. On February 24, March 04, 2025 EU and Switzerland respectively imposed sanctions on the tanker for transporting crude oil/oil products originating in or exported from russia using irregular and high-risk shipping practices as specified in the International Maritime Organization General Assembly resolution A.1192 (33) (EU sanctions will enter into force on February 25, 2025). In June 2025, Canada imposed sanctions on the vessel. In June 2025, Australia imposed sanctions on the vessel. In August 2025, Ukraine imposed sanctions on the tanker's master.[sources]
FlagGambia · Russia[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage62863[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9388792[sources]
MMSI629009486[sources]
Past FlagsMarshall Islands · Panama · Russia · Singapore[sources]
Previous nameBeks Swan · March · Ocean Explorer · Ocean Vela[sources]
Type20 · Oil Tanker[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · www.nknews.org[sources]
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Descriptions

Transport crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex 24, 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,

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,

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Data sources

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,796

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

European Union · Council

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,976

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,326

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

DPRK Reports5,502

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

EU Sanctions Map1,338

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

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

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,780

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-sancmap-cff62c7a204eaf3aee4d206d9290ad1b98aa0b3b · NK-E62r6PwCwVnRqFeWZkzE8f · ch-seco-90249 · ua-ws-vessel-499 · eu-sancmap-3e45963dac9798d522af0230190068b70af6f76e · kprusi-83da3f1b28a1ac894c3f6bec7fbe337e8612c6fa · gb-fcdo-rus2476 · ua-ws-ec013139d83458cf62f3d36c7c2e2c826e7d6617 · ca-sema-42d6ba57763d896175cacdfad26170f72e76ee4c · eu-oj-38035690839142a189c85a03316b3ff0fd346974

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