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C Viking

Maritime detention · Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Regulator warning · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameC VIKING · C Viking · SHANDONG ZIHE[sources]
CountryRussia[sources]
Build Date · [sources]
Call Sign9LS2117 · E5U5125[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage40059[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 russian ports using deceptive, high-risk practices (disabling AIS, conducting dark activities, conducting STS transmissions with other tankers, including the russian shadow fleet, near European countries). The vessel calls at ports in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular at the port of Kamysh-Burun in June 2025. Since December 2023, the tanker has been owned by Marinequest Corp (IMO 6437580), registered in the Seychelles (Suite 10, 3rd Floor, La Ciotat, Mont Fleuri, Mahe Island Seychelles), which is widely used to register shipping companies with an opaque ownership structure, and in July 2024 the same company became the commercial manager of the vessel. In the period from January to July 2024, the tanker was affiliated with the Moldovan company Surt Ship Management SRL, which was the commercial and technical manager of the vessel during this period. This Moldovan company is one of ten Moldovan companies that played a significant role in the maritime transportation of russian crude oil and petroleum products in 2024. In July 2024, the technical management was transferred to Vvave Minder Shipmanagement (Azerbaijan), while the owner of the tanker did not change, which may indicate that the beneficiary of the vessel has not changed. Since March 2025, the technical management has been transferred to another company from Azerbaijan - Tidal Tech Mariners LLC, whose fleet as of May 26, 2025 consists of four tankers, including sanctioned ones (IMO 926165, IMO 9265873, IMO 9290921, IMO 9384095) involved in maritime trade in russian crude oil/petroleum products. 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. In June 2025, Canada imposed sanctions on the vessel. Since September 18, 2025, Australia has imposed sanctions on the vessel.[sources]
FlagCook Islands · Hong Kong SAR · Sierra Leone[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage25443[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9261657[sources]
MMSI518999144 · 667002414[sources]
Past FlagsCook Islands · Denmark · United Kingdom · Gibraltar · Hong Kong SAR · 1 more...[sources]
Previous nameAmalienborg · Shandong Zihe · Southern Unity[sources]
Type21 · Chemical tanker · Chemical/Products Tanker · Oil Tanker · Oil tanker/Chemical tanker (OILCHEM)[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu[sources]
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Descriptions

Article 3s(2), point (b): transport crude oil or petroleum products as listed in Annex XXV or mineral products that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia and practice 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,

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,

Relationships

Data sources

Black Sea MoU Detention List2,086

Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Black Sea MoU region.

Global · BSMOU

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

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,300

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

EU Sanctions Map1,337

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

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

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Abuja MoU Port State Control Inspections74

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Abuja MoU.

External dataset · Global · Abuja MoU

Source data IDs: ua-ws-68231ec6d173b2350f0753ec0baf220da3b8dc55 · eu-oj-533c57aa2297f2dbfb57e21225fd9449cc4e065a · eu-sancmap-3ffd03d2ae11d5e0cfc42b53113f5a9e62630327 · ua-ws-vessel-810 · NK-Ur9yY5996b97obpbiuMY8G · ca-sema-4f0bca42269b31c1119244ce6d2f45663a0e8b53 · gb-fcdo-rus2503 · abuja-mou-psc-c66155a6c85e0162019eb28abc5f91cba4bcd908 · bs-mou-b54d1d4c7e96b74c8f6c557a0c6874500ef2a200

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