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CEPHEUS

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	CEPHEUS · LEONA · Leona				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Build Date	2006				[sources]
Call Sign	`3E3724` · `S9A3111`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	106004				[sources]
Description	During the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price-cap policy on russian oil, the tanker is involved in the export of russian oil from russian ports to third countries. The international non-governmental organization Greenpeace refers to the tanker as a shadowy fleet of tankers that transport russian oil around the world and threaten the environment. Under the sanctions, russia has begun to build up its own shadow fleet of outdated tankers, which has no 'ties' with the G7 and the EU and can transport oil in violation of price caps. russia disguises its shadow activities at sea under the 'convenient' flags of third countries, operates at sea without proper insurance from the international club of insurers, uses complex schemes to conceal the owners of the shadow fleet, uses various deceptive tactics to conceal the origin of its cargo, creates threats to environmental safety with large-scale economic costs for coastal countries due to the growing threat of oil spills, does not use pilots to navigate difficult areas, etc. russia's 'shadow fleet' continues to provide multibillion-dollar revenues for the kremlin bypassing sanctions, disguising its activities under the flags of third countries, using complex schemes to conceal owners, and poses significant environmental threats with significant economic costs to coastal countries and/or the international community due to the outdated and inadequate insurance of shadow fleet tankers. On November 25, 2024, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on a tanker in connection with the transportation of russian oil/oil products from the russian federation to a third country as part of the restrictions on the russian shadow fleet. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on a vessel considered to be part of the shadow fleet that called at a russian port where the oil price was constantly above the price cap. On February 21, 2025, Canada imposed sanctions on the vessel.				[sources]
Flag	Panama · São Tomé and Príncipe				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9299721`				[sources]
MMSI	`352001911` · `668116311`				[sources]
Past Flags	India · Liberia · Panama · Qatar · Singapore				[sources]
Previous name	Amba Bhargavi · Cepheus · Oberon · Ocean Mare · Ruwais				[sources]
Type	20 · Crude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-27	Last processed	2025-10-29	First seen	2024-11-25

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, 2025-10-23

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
European Union	Council of the European Union		2025-10-24	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
North of England P&I Association	P&I Club	-	-
Munne Co Ltd, Columba Ltd Person of interest	security_manager

Owner
Name	Country	Legal form	Status
Munne Co Ltd · Munne Co Ltd, Columba Ltd	China	-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Demeter Ble Ltd Person of interest	-	2024-12-11	-

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

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

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,259

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List35,040

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

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 List5,975

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

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