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| Type | Vessel | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | ANDAMAN SKIES | [sources] | |||
| Build Date | [sources] | ||||
| Call Sign | HQZR6 | [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. · 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. · During the G7 and EU oil embargo and price-cap policy on russian oil, the tanker is involved in the export of russian oil to third countries from russian ports in the Black and Baltic seas. · Tankers operated/managed by Radiating World Shipping Services LLC continue to be used by related companies and call at russian ports. · 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. · | [sources] | |||
| Flag | Honduras | [sources] | |||
| IMO Number | IMO9288693 | [sources] | |||
| MMSI | 334916000 | [sources] | |||
| Past Flags | Cook Islands · Greece | [sources] | |||
| Previous name | Delta Pioneer | [sources] | |||
| Type | Crude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker | [sources] | |||
| Source link | kse.ua · paluba.media · splash247.com · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
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
Transporting russian oil in violation of other restrictions
Transportation of fossil fuels
Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.
Ukraine · GUR
UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
United Kingdom · FCDO
gb-fcdo-rus2373 · ua-ws-7129365898a0470699fc2b4130235b290bb2855cFor experts: raw data explorer
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| Object | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Northpole Marine Premalya | Ship Safety Management Manager | - | ||
| Northpole Marine Premalya | Commercial ship manager | - | ||
| Owners | ||||
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| Owner | Percentage held | Start date | End date | |
| Durbeen Navigation LTD с/о Northpole Marine Premalya | - | - | ||