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Attica

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

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	ATTICA · Attica · YI MENG SHAN				[sources]
Build Date	2010				[sources]
Call Sign	`PJM9`				[sources]
Description	According 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. · Almost all vessels that are involved in the transportation of russian oil by the shadow fleet since 2022 have been certified by the Indian regulator Indian Register of Shipping (IACS). The certification of shadow fleet vessels allows the shipowner/operator to insure the vessels, which, in turn, allows the vessels to enter ports and pass through various specific sea routes (straits, canals, etc.). · As sanctions are being imposed, russia uses a scheme of "juggling" ships between related companies to conceal oil exports outside the price cap and other restrictions, as well as to hide the real owners of ships, and to ensure unimpeded transportation of fossil fuels by a 'shadow' fleet of obsolete oil tankers, creates new companies for these purposes (in the UAE, Hong Kong, India, Turkey, Mauritius, Seychelles, and other jurisdictions) with non-transparent organizational and ownership structures. In order to implement this scheme, technical/commercial management and ship owners are constantly changing, and vessels are renamed with a change of flag, MMSI, call-sign, including for sanctioned vessels. Shadow fleet vessels operate under “convenient flags”, which allows them to conceal their true origin and avoid control by international organizations and insurance companies. · Gatik Ship Management and Gaurik Ship Management were the previous managers of the tanker. · Oil exports from russia are the most important source of income for the regime of the aggressor country to finance the war against Ukraine. From February 2022 to November 22, 2024, russia earned almost 546 billion euros in revenues from oil exports (69% of all revenues from fossil fuel exports). In 2023, about a third of all tax revenues in russia came from the sale of oil and gas. The tax on oil production collected by the russian federation in 2023 amounted to 8.9 trillion rubles, or 31% of total federal revenues. According to the CREA data for October 2024, russia's revenues from crude oil exported by sea amounted to 210 million euros per day, 83% of the total volume of russian marine crude oil was transported by “shadow” tankers, while tankers owned or insured in countries that impose price restrictions accounted for 17% of the total value of russian oil exported in October. · 8 more...				[sources]
Flag	Curaçao · Gabon				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9436941`				[sources]
MMSI	`306294000`				[sources]
Past Flags	Gabon · St. Kitts & Nevis · Malta · Norway · Panama				[sources]
Previous name	Attica · Stavanger Bell · Syra				[sources]
Type	Crude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker				[sources]
Source link	energyandcleanair.org · energyandcleanair.org · eur-lex.europa.eu · kse.ua · safety4sea.com · 11 more...				[sources]
Last change	2024-12-16	Last processed	2024-12-17	First seen	2024-11-25

Descriptions

Article 4x(2), point (b): transport crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XIII, 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)

— EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities, 2024-12-16

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, 2024-11-25

Violation of the oil embargo

— Ukraine War and Sanctions, 2024-12-02

Transportation of fossil fuels

— Ukraine War and Sanctions, 2024-12-02

Relationships

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Jun Zi Lan Shipmanagement	Ship Safety Management Manager	2024-08-17	-
Elgon Maritime Corp	Commercial ship manager	2024-02-20	-

Owner
Name	Country	Legal form	Status
UNKNOWN/ ELGON MARITIME CORP	-	-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Elgon Maritime Corp	-	2024-02-20	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Council of the European Union	-	2024-12-17	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2024-11-25	-
ГУР МО України	Marine and Aircraft Vessels, Airports and Ports involved in the transportation of weapons, stolen Ukrainian products and in the circumvention of sanctions	-	-