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| Type | Vessel | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | VOLTA RIVER | [sources] | |||
| Build Date | [sources] | ||||
| Call Sign | 3E3885 | [sources] | |||
| Description | The VOLTA RIVER tanker has been conducting so-called dark activities with AIS disabled in the area of the Kerch Strait, the russian ports of Tuapse and Ust-Luga. · The tanker during the period of the G7+ oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/oil products is involved in the export of russian crude oil/oil products, in particular, from russian ports in the Black Sea, delivers russian crude oil from russian ports in the Black Sea to the Gulf of Lakonikos (Greece) for further STS transfers with the supertanker SAATHI (IMO 9402732 of the VLCC type), affiliated with the Indian company Gatik Ship Management, one of the leading operators of the so-called “shadow” fleet involved in the transportation of russian crude oil/oil products under Western sanctions in 2022-2023. Also, in January 2025, an STS transmission was made in the Gulf of Lakonicos with the tanker CHEETAH-II (IMO 9222560), which left the Kerch Strait (port of Kavkaz), where it had been conducting dark activities for a long time, and called at the port of Kamysh-Burun (TOT Crimea) in December 2024. | [sources] | |||
| Flag | Panama | [sources] | |||
| IMO Number | IMO9336414 | [sources] | |||
| MMSI | 352002521 | [sources] | |||
| Past Flags | Bahamas · Vietnam | [sources] | |||
| Previous name | Bergina · Freedom · SPT Conqueror | [sources] | |||
| Tonnage | 105839 | [sources] | |||
| Type | Crude Oil Tanker | [sources] | |||
| Source link | war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · www.blackseanews.net · www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com · www.vesselfinder.com | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
Transportation of fossil fuels
Transporting russian crude oil/oil products in violation of other restrictions
Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.
Ukraine · GUR
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| Object | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Sea Trade Marine SA | Commercial ship manager | - | ||
| Sea Trade Marine SA | Ship Safety Management Manager | - | ||
| American Steamship Owner P&I association | P&I Club | - | - | |
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| Owner | Percentage held | Start date | End date | |
| Seven Seas Maritime Enterprise | - | - | ||