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| Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
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Vessel:description | 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. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel:description | Almost all vessels involved in the transportation of russian oil by the shadow fleet since 2022 have been certified by the Indian regulator Indian Register of Shipping (IACS). The certification of shadow fleet vessels allows the shipowner/operator to insure the vessels, which, in turn, allows the vessels to enter ports and pass through various specific sea routes (straits, canals, etc.). | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel:description | Under the sanctions, russia has begun to build up its own shadow fleet of outdated tankers, which has no 'ties' with the G7 and the EU and can transport oil in violation of price caps.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 shadowy 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-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
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 oil export revenues (69% of all fossil fuel export revenues). 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-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel:description | During the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo on russian oil, the tanker is involved in exporting russian oil to India and China from russian ports in the Baltic, Black seas and the Pacific region, and conducting dark activities at sea with the AIS signal turned off. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel:description | Gatik Ship Management and Orion Ship Management LLP were the previous managers of the tanker. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel:description | 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 conceal 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. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel: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. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel:description | The international non-governmental organization Greenpeace refers to the tanker as part of the shadow fleet of tankers transporting russian oil around the world and threatening the environment. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel:description | russia's 'shadow fleet' continues to generate 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-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel:description | Tankers operated/managed by the Indian Gatik Ship Management continue to be used by related companies and call at russian ports. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel:description | The vessel is certified by the Indian Register of Shipping (IACS). | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||
Vessel:description | The tanker is 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 under Western sanctions, and the company Orion Ship Management LLP, which is affiliated with Gatik, which in 2023, together with Gaurik Ship Management LLP, Caishan Ship Management, Plutos Ship Management, Geras Ship Management, Girik Ship Management, Galena Ship Management, Nautilus Shipping (India), Ark Seakonnect Shipmanagment LLC, Zidan Ship Management, was involved in a scheme to 'juggle' vessels operated by Gatik Ship Management to avoid sanctions. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-d5cc8a9cbca65edc3b5b0d4d029acdab193b241f | ||||