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BIANCA

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanction-linked entity

BIANCA is an entity of interest. It has not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	BIANCA				[sources]
Build Date	2003				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	37320				[sources]
Description	The tanker is affiliated with Babylon Navigation DMCC (UAE, subject to US sanctions), which is associated with Waleed Khaled Hameed al-Samarra'i, who is subject to US sanctions. Waleed Khaled Hameed al-Samarra'i is a UAE businessman who runs a network of companies that manage vessels involved in the transportation and sale of Iranian oil. This network of companies works mainly by secretly mixing Iranian oil with Iraqi oil, which is then offered for sale exclusively as Iraqi oil. The al-Samarrai network is estimated to generate about $300 million in profits annually for both Iran and its partners. Babylon Navigation DMCC is engaged in the logistics and transportation aspects of al-Samarrai's activities. To smuggle oil of Iranian origin by mixing Iranian and Iraqi oil at sea through STS transfers in the Persian Gulf and in Iraqi ports, al-Samarrai uses a group of vessels operated by Babylon Navigation DMCC, including the tanker IMO 9259927. On September 02, 2025, the United States imposed sanctions on the tanker.				[sources]
Flag	not available				[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage	25651				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9259927`				[sources]
Past Flags	Italy · Liberia · Marshall Islands · Malta				[sources]
Previous name	Fresia · Green Trader				[sources]
Type	21				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-19	Last processed	2025-10-19	First seen	2025-10-16

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ukraine	ГУР МО України		-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Babylon Navigation DMCC Sanctioned entity	security_manager	2024-01-10	-
Babylon Navigation DMCC

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Keely Shiptrade Limited Sanctioned entity	-	2024-01-10	-

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

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