Tanker 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.
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.
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)