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NURKEZ

Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameNURKEZ[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign3E2311[sources]
DescriptionAccording to CREA, from January to August 2024, the number of shadow tankers crossing the Danish Straits in Europe increased by 277% compared to the same period in 2022, with 64% of the 46 million tons of russian marine oil transported through the Danish Straits being transported by shadow tankers. In the same period, the number of shadow tankers in the Straits of Dover and Gibraltar increased by 355% compared to 2022, transporting 67% of the 37 million tons of oil through the straits. The Suez Canal experienced a staggering 649% increase in shadow tanker traffic, with 69% of the 52 million tons of russian crude oil passing through it being transported by these vessels. · During the period of the G7 embargo and price-cap policy on russian oil, the tanker is involved in the export of russian oil from the russian ports of Kozmino, Ust-Luga, Primorsk, mainly to China and India. The gross tonnage of the tanker is 57.68 thousand tons. The vessel is certified by the Korean Register (IACS). · The international NGO Greenpeace refers to the tanker as part of the shadow fleet of tankers that transport russian oil around the world and threaten the environment. · The oil tanker is affiliated with the sanctioned company Shanghai Future Ship Management Co LTD (China), which for years has been managing illegal shipments of Iranian oil. This company managed the Panamanian-flagged MT Freya, which, together with the Iranian-flagged MT Horse, owned by the National Iranian Tanker Company (a subsidiary of the sanctioned National Iranian Oil Company), was arrested by Indonesia in January 2021 on suspicion of illegal oil transportation in the country's waters. · The shadow fleet, transporting huge volumes of crude oil through heavily trafficked routes through narrow straits close to the coastline, without proper P&I insurance, with automatic identification systems disabled, threatens an environmental disaster with significant economic costs to be borne by the affected coastal countries and/or the international community. The recent incidents off Malaysia only underscore the need for swift action to curb the potentially devastating impact of the growing shadow fleet. 'Shadow' tankers have already been involved in 50 incidents from the Danish Straits all the way to Malaysia since russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. · 2 more...[sources]
FlagPanama[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9253325[sources]
MMSI352002470[sources]
Past FlagsLiberia · Singapore[sources]
Previous nameCeram Sea · Gold Sun[sources]
TypeCrude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker[sources]
Source linkglavcom.ua · home.treasury.gov · kse.ua · old.iranintl.com · safety4sea.com · 5 more...[sources]
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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,

Transporting russian oil in violation of other restrictions

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Transportation of fossil fuels

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

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Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions1,734

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,765

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Source data IDs: gb-fcdo-rus2378 · ua-ws-e2288c471166b67f2efe8c216eaf1b709ee76a5c

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