OPTIMAL ACE

During the period when the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil and petroleum products were in effect, the vessel was involved in the export of light-grade russian petroleum products from russian Black Sea ports to Senegal and Turkey.
In August 2025, the tanker transported nearly 38,000 tons of petroleum products from the Sheshkharis terminal in the port of Novorossiysk to the port of Dakar (Senegal). The Sheshkharis terminal is a transshipment complex, the end point of the main pipelines of JSC Chernomortransneft (TIN 2315072242, under US sanctions) — a subsidiary of the sanctioned russian company Transneft (TIN 7706061801).