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Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameBREEZE · SCF Baltica[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign8P2464[sources]
DescriptionOn 11 September 2024, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on 10 oil tankers (including the ‘Scf Baltica’ (former name)) related to the transportation of oil or oil products from russia to third countries. · The tanker is certified by the Indian regulator Indian Register of Shipping (IACS). · The vessel is involved in the transportation of russian crude oil during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and price-cap policy on russian oil to third countries (in particular, India) from the russian port of Ust-Luga in the Baltic Sea. · The vessel, through its related companies, including Stream Ship Management FZCO, is affiliated with the sanctioned PJSC Sovcomflot, the largest state-owned shipping company in russia, a key company for servicing and supporting offshore hydrocarbon production, transportation of russian oil, oil products and liquefied natural gas amid sanctions restrictions on russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The services provided by Sovcomflot are a significant source of income for the russian federation, as more than 70% of russia's revenues come from energy sales, which allows it to finance its war against Ukraine. The main charterers of Sovcomflot's vessels are russia's largest oil and gas companies and traders. Sovcomflot is involved in servicing major oil and gas projects in russia: ‘’Sakhalin 1‘’, ‘’Sakhalin 2‘’, ‘’Varandey‘’, ‘’Prirazlomnoye‘’, ‘’Novy Port‘’, ‘’Yamal LNG‘’ and others. Prior to russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the company's fleet consisted of about 145 vessels. After the imposition of sanctions, Sovcomflot transferred dozens of vessels to the ownership of companies it had set up, including in foreign jurisdictions, in order to circumvent them, and began the practice of constantly ‘juggling’ (transferring) vessels to related companies. The tankers ‘re-registered’ by Sovcomflot to related companies, according to expert estimates, are part of the so-called ‘shadow tanker fleet’ of the russian federation to continue selling russian oil, oil products and liquefied gas under western sanctions.[sources]
FlagBarbados · Gabon[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9305568[sources]
MMSI314962000[sources]
Past FlagsGabon · Liberia[sources]
Previous nameSCF Baltica[sources]
TypeCrude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker[sources]
Source linkkse.ua · kse.ua · sanctions.kse.ua · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · 4 more...[sources]
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Descriptions

Shipping sanctions: a specified ship is prohibited from being provided with access to or having its master or pilot cause it to enter a port in the UK, may have its registration on the UK Ship Register terminated, and a master or pilot of a specified ship may be given a port barring direction, a detention direction, and a port entry direction or a movement direction.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List,

Transportation of fossil fuels

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Transporting russian oil in violation of other restrictions

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

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Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions1,734

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,765

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Source data IDs: gb-fcdo-rus2200 · ua-ws-d0105fe1018375e6e41ec196e487d5ba22387a46

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