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| Type | Vessel | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | FIORA | [sources] | |||
| Build Date | [sources] | ||||
| Call Sign | 3E2798 | [sources] | |||
| Description | After Fractal Marine was sanctioned, DMCC tried to challenge the sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom but lost in court. After that, the company 're-signed' its fleet to other companies. · Against the backdrop of sanctions, russia is using 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well as to hide the real owners of ships, and to ensure unimpeded transportation of fossil fuels by a shadow fleet of outdated oil tankers, creates new companies for these purposes (in the UAE, Hong Kong, India, Turkey, Mauritius, Seychelles, and other jurisdictions) with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 vessel 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 period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price-cap policy on russian oil, the tanker is involved in the export of russian oil from russian ports in the Baltic Sea mainly to China and India. · Fractal Marine DMCC was the commercial manager of the vessel from September 2022 to June 2024. · Fractal Marine DMCC, together with Gatik Ship Management (India) and Radiating World Shipping Services LLC (UAE, under UK sanctions), are considered the leading operators of the russian shadow fleet, which in early 2023 assembled a fleet of about 90 tankers, 90% of which transported russian oil/oil products from the Baltic and Black Sea ports of russia to India, China, Turkey, the Middle East, Africa and South America. In less than a year, the $2 billion fleet of oil tankers assembled by Fractal and Gatik could transport more than 40 million barrels of oil/oil products. Fractal Marine DMCC, Gatik Ship Management and Radiating World Shipping Services LLC in the tanker market helped russian oil continue to circulate around the world and the russian government to generate multibillion-dollar revenues bypassing the sanctions. · | [sources] | |||
| Flag | Panama | [sources] | |||
| IMO Number | IMO9282493 | [sources] | |||
| MMSI | 352001958 | [sources] | |||
| Past Flags | Isle of Man · Marshall Islands | [sources] | |||
| Previous name | British Cormorant · Tartan · Vaigai | [sources] | |||
| Type | Crude Oil Tanker | [sources] | |||
| Source link | energyandcleanair.org · energyandcleanair.org · kse.ua · splash247.com · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
Transporting russian oil in violation of other restrictions
Transportation of fossil fuels
Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.
Ukraine · GUR
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| Object | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Wanta Shipping LLC-FZ | Ship Safety Management Manager | - | ||
| Zulu Ships Management | Commercial ship manager | - | ||
| Owners | ||||
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| Owner | Percentage held | Start date | End date | |
| Narayan International LTD с/о The Zulu Ships Management & Operation - Sole Proprietorship LLC | - | - | ||