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San Severus

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TypeVessel[sources]
NameMONTE BIANCO · Monte Bianco · San Severus[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage18908[sources]
DescriptionThe vessel is involved in numerous cases of stealing Ukrainian grain, transporting scrap metal from the port of Sevastopol (TOT Crimea, Ukraine) with the AIS signal turned off to Syria (ports of Latakia, Tartus), port of Tripoli through the Bosporus Strait using the traditional scheme of concealing calls to Ukrainian ports in the TOT of Ukraine. In the theft of Ukrainian grain by the vessel IMO 9385233, there were involved russian companies Agrogreinexport LLC (Moscow, TIN 7734462851, affiliated with the sanctioned Gennadiy Timchenko), Kuban-Forward LLC (Krasnodar, TIN 2308103203). The vessel is affiliated with the Syrian General Organization for Maritime Transport. In 2015, USA imposed sanctions on three vessels of the Syrian General Organization for Maritime Transport, including the vessel IMO 9385233. On December 17, 2024, the EU imposed sanctions on the vessel for facilitating/supporting actions/policies that undermine/threaten the economic existence or food security of Ukraine (e.g., transportation of stolen Ukrainian grain, transportation of stolen Ukrainian cultural property). On December 23, 2024, Switzerland imposed sanctions on the vessel for facilitating/supporting actions/policies that undermine/threaten the economic existence or food security of Ukraine (e.g., transportation of stolen Ukrainian grain, transportation of stolen Ukrainian cultural property). According to the database of the Global Integrated Shipping Information System of the International Maritime Organization (IMO's GISIS), as of July 23, 2025, the vessel's registered name is MONTE BIANCO, and the flag is listed as "Timor-Leste False". At the same time, the vessel sails under the name BAYAZE D, the flag of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. On June 30, 2025, the US removed sanctions from the ship.[sources]
Flagnot available[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage11767[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9385233[sources]
Past FlagsGambia · Italy · Marshall Islands · Syria[sources]
Previous nameFinikia · Gullwing · San Severus · Sider Black[sources]
Type1[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu[sources]
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Are operated in such a way as to contribute or support actions or policies which undermine or threaten the economic subsistence or food security of Ukraine, such as the transport of stolen Ukrainian grain, or the preservation of cultural heritage of Ukraine, such as the transport of stolen Ukrainian cultural goods.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

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Data sources

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,796

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council

EU Sanctions Map1,337

The EU Sanctions Map is a visualisation of EU sanctions policy. It includes a broader set of policies and entities than the EU consolidated sanctions list.

European Union · Council

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,779

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,300

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Source data IDs: ofac-18213 · eu-sancmap-b1bda1656355900525fd8b10ca9e958c7c000c7f · eu-oj-fc9c77954e194d3c72f2ac5416c2886bbd02b359 · ua-ws-vessel-256 · ua-ws-967eb7d193c487533575fc8d63cafd8bc17ed29a · ua-ws-f933d827cf191dd8306007d1995d04196da2f040 · ch-seco-87027 · eu-oj-e7e74aad3a931e60877485f8ef8f46f84515b69a

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