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| Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
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Vessel:description | According to Lloyd's List, 'EMILY S' is linked to anonymous Chinese buyers who spent about $376 million to purchase 13 tankers to carry out risky ship-to-ship transportation of russian oil in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Ship-to-shore logistics hubs are a common feature of the scheme, allowing for the concealment of ownership and origin of cargo. In addition to the mid-Atlantic STS hub, there are also areas near the ports of Kalamata (Greece), Malta, Ceuta, and the Caucasus where ship-to-ship operations have been established for russian oil. STS's operations in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean are outside the jurisdiction of port authorities, with limited technical and operational oversight, which increases safety and environmental concerns due to the unknown insurance and vessel ownership data. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-0d12702b80f1a2f98fd799ae80c9fa6fa7b3e6cb | ||||
Vessel:description | The international non-governmental organization Greenpeace refers to the tanker as a shadowy fleet of tankers that transport russian oil around the world and threaten the environment. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-0d12702b80f1a2f98fd799ae80c9fa6fa7b3e6cb | ||||
Vessel:description | Under the sanctions, russia has begun to build up its own shadow fleet of outdated tankers, which has no 'ties' with the G7 and the EU and can transport oil in violation of price caps. russia disguises its shadow activities at sea under the 'convenient' flags of third countries, operates at sea without proper insurance from the international club of insurers, uses complex schemes to conceal the owners of the shadow fleet, uses various deceptive tactics to conceal the origin of its cargo, creates threats to environmental safety with large-scale economic costs for coastal countries due to the growing threat of oil spills, does not use pilots to navigate difficult areas, etc. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-0d12702b80f1a2f98fd799ae80c9fa6fa7b3e6cb | ||||
Vessel:description | russia's 'shadow fleet' continues to provide multibillion-dollar revenues for the kremlin bypassing sanctions, disguising its activities under the flags of third countries, using complex schemes to conceal owners, and poses significant environmental threats with significant economic costs to coastal countries and/or the international community due to the outdated and inadequate insurance of shadow fleet tankers. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-0d12702b80f1a2f98fd799ae80c9fa6fa7b3e6cb | ||||
Vessel:description | In 2024, the tanker is involved in the export of russian oil to China from the russian ports of the Pacific region Kozmino and Nakhodka. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-0d12702b80f1a2f98fd799ae80c9fa6fa7b3e6cb | ||||
Vessel:description | On November 25, 2024, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on a tanker in connection with the transportation of russian oil/oil products from the russian federation to a third country as part of the restrictions on the russian shadow fleet. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-0d12702b80f1a2f98fd799ae80c9fa6fa7b3e6cb | ||||
Vessel:description | Lloyd's List has tracked five Aframax tankers, seven large oil carriers and one Suezmax vessel to an anonymous buyer through separate but related companies operating offshore Hong Kong and China that own similar vessels. The group of tankers was acquired between May and July 2022 for a total of $285 million, based on ship brokerage reports and market valuations. Since then, all but one of the tankers have been involved in the transshipment of russian oil cargoes at a high-risk transshipment hub located 860 nautical miles west of Portugal in international waters. The vessels purchased by the anonymous Chinese buyer are 15 years old or more, making it impossible for most major oil companies to charter them and impossible to obtain conventional financing. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-0d12702b80f1a2f98fd799ae80c9fa6fa7b3e6cb | ||||
Vessel:description | 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. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-0d12702b80f1a2f98fd799ae80c9fa6fa7b3e6cb | ||||
Vessel:description | The vessel is certified by Lloyd's Register (IACS). | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-0d12702b80f1a2f98fd799ae80c9fa6fa7b3e6cb | ||||