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DELLA

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanction-linked entity

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

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	DELLA				[sources]
Build Date	2001				[sources]
Call Sign	`VRUB7`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	306317				[sources]
Description	In January 2025, tanker IMO 9227479 carried out an STS transfer near Malaysia with tanker IMO 9238052, which was subject to US sanctions in January 2025 as a tanker considered part of the shadow fleet, calling at a russian port where the price of oil was consistently trading above the price cap for russian oil. After this transfer, the vessel IMO 9238052 entered a Chinese port. The tanker is affiliated with Delta Ships Management Ltd, which was the commercial manager of the vessel from March 2023 to October 2024. Delta Ships Management Ltd has been managing the sanctioned tanker IMO 9319674 since mid-2023, affiliated with the Indian company Gatik Ship Management, which played a key role in the transportation of russian crude oil/petroleum products under western sanctions in 2022-2023.				[sources]
Flag	Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage	153934				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9227479`				[sources]
MMSI	`477714500`				[sources]
Past Flags	Greece				[sources]
Previous name	Astro Cygnus · Calypso 8 · Cathay 6 · Maran Cygnus				[sources]
Type	Crude Oil Tanker				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-27	Last processed	2026-01-27	First seen	2026-01-27

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

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
YUAN CHANG SHIPPING Ltd Person of interest	security_manager	2024-10-02	-
Aries Global Investment Ltd

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Aries Global Investment Ltd Sanctioned entity	-	2024-10-02	-

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

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