Shadow Fleet

The tanker was used by the oil broker Petronix Energy Trading Limited (Hong Kong) to transport and further deliver to China hundreds of metric tons of Iranian oil purchased from Naftiran Intertrade Company, which is the marketing arm of the sanctioned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). Iran relies on brokers outside of Iran to facilitate the sale and transport of its crude oil to end users abroad, largely in the UAE and China.
The tanker is affiliated with Alkonost Maritime DMCC (UAE), which was sanctioned by USA on February 24, 2025 for knowingly engaging in a significant transaction in the purchase, acquisition, sale, transportation or marketing of crude oil or petroleum products or petrochemicals from Iran.
On February 24, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the tanker as a property in which the sanctioned company Alkonost Maritime DMCC has an interest.
Many tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil to countries such as China are also involved in Venezuelan trade, including tanker IMO 9271406. On June 11, 2022, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi signed a 20-year cooperation agreement to expand ties in the oil and petrochemical industries, as well as in the military and economic spheres. Since then, bilateral ties have begun to develop. Most cargo is transported by ships belonging to the sanctioned National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) in both directions. A significant number of ships flying under foreign (non-Iranian) flags are also involved in this trade.

The VLCC-class tanker is involved in the transportation of multiple shipments of Iranian oil to refineries in China.
The tanker is affiliated with Sunny Land Trading Ltd (Seychelles), which was sanctioned by USA on February 24, 2025 for its activities in petroleum sector of the Iranian economy
On February 24, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the tanker as a property in which the sanctioned company Sunny Land Trading Ltd has an interest.

The VLCC-class tanker is involved in the transportation of multiple shipments of Iranian oil to refineries in China.
The tanker is affiliated with Artemis Heart Ltd (Seychelles), which was sanctioned by USA on February 24, 2025 for its activities in petroleum sector of the Iranian economy
On February 24, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the tanker as a property in which the sanctioned company Artemis Heart Ltd has an interest.

The tanker is affiliated with the Malaysia-based IMS Ltd, which was sanctioned by USA on February 24, 2025 for knowingly engaging in a significant transaction in the purchase, acquisition, sale, transportation or marketing of crude oil/petroleum products or petrochemicals from Iran.
On February 24, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on a tanker as on the property in which the sanctioned company IMS Ltd has an interest.

The tanker was used by the oil broker Petroquimico FZE (UAE) to transport and further deliver to the UAE more than 200 thousand barrels of Iranian oil purchased from the sanctioned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). Iran relies on brokers outside of Iran to facilitate the sale and transportation of its crude oil to end users abroad, mainly in the UAE and China.
The tanker is affiliated with Le Monde Marine Services Limited (Liberia), which was sanctioned by USA on February 24, 2025 for its activities in the petroleum sector of the Iranian economy.
The tanker called at the russian port of Taman with oil terminals during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian oil.
On February 24, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the tanker as a property in which the sanctioned company Le Monde Marine Services Limited has an interest.

The VLCC-class tanker is involved in the transportation of multiple shipments of Iranian oil to refineries in China.
The tanker is affiliated with Green Garden Trading Ltd (Seychelles), which was sanctioned by USA on February 24, 2025 for its activities in petroleum sector of the Iranian economy
On February 24, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the tanker as a property in which the sanctioned company Green Garden Trading Ltd has an interest.

The tanker is affiliated with the Seychelles-based company Oceanend Shipping Ltd, which was sanctioned by USA on February 24, 2025 for knowingly engaging in a significant transaction in the purchase, acquisition, sale, transportation or marketing of crude oil/petroleum products or petrochemicals from Iran.
Many tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil to countries such as China are also involved in Venezuelan trade, including tanker IMO 9181194. On June 11, 2022, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi signed a 20-year cooperation agreement to expand ties in the oil and petrochemical industries, as well as in the military and economic spheres. Since then, bilateral ties have begun to develop. Most cargo is transported by ships belonging to the sanctioned National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) in both directions. A significant number of ships flying under foreign (non-Iranian) flags are also involved in this trade.
On February 24, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on a tanker as on the property in which the sanctioned company Oceanend Shipping Ltd has an interest.

The tanker is involved in the transportation of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products. Many tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil to countries such as China are also involved in Venezuelan trade, including tanker IMO 9244635. On June 11, 2022, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi signed a 20-year cooperation agreement to expand ties in the oil and petrochemical industries, as well as in the military and economic spheres. Since then, bilateral ties have begun to develop. Most cargo is transported by ships belonging to the sanctioned National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) in both directions. A significant number of ships flying under foreign (non-Iranian) flags are also involved in this trade.
The tanker is affiliated with the India-based Austinship Management Private Limited, which was sanctioned by USA on February 24, 2025 for knowingly engaging in a significant transaction in the purchase, acquisition, sale, transportation or marketing of crude oil/petroleum products or petrochemicals from Iran.
On February 23, 2025, near Malaysia, the tanker made STS transfers with the sanctioned tanker IMO 9196644 involved in the transportation of sanctioned Iranian oil, and on February 24, 2025, with the sanctioned tanker IMO 9365764 VLCC-class involved in the transportation of numerous shipments of Iranian oil to Chinese refineries.
On February 24, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on a tanker as on the property in which the sanctioned company Austinship Management Private Limited has an interest.

The tanker is involved in the transportation of sanctioned Iranian crude oil to China worth more than $100 million on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including from storage facilities in China, which is believed to be part of an organized scheme that involves the Iranian military, which profits from the sale of Iranian oil through the vessel. The vessel resorts to deceptive, high-risk practices.
On February 06, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel.
Many tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil to countries such as China are also involved in Venezuelan trade, including tanker IMO 9237632. On June 11, 2022, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi signed a 20-year cooperation agreement to expand ties in the oil and petrochemical industries, as well as in the military and economic spheres. Since then, bilateral ties have begun to develop. Most cargo is transported by ships belonging to the sanctioned National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) in both directions. A significant number of ships flying under foreign (non-Iranian) flags are also involved in this trade.

The tanker is affiliated with the Vietnamese company Sao Viet Petrol Transportation Company Limited, which was sanctioned by USA on January 10, 2025 for its activities in the energy sector of the russian economy.
The vessel is involved in the transportation of Iranian goods.
On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on a vessel considered to be part of the shadow fleet as a property in which Sao Viet Petrol Transportation Company Limited has an interest.
According to GISIS IMO, as of early July 2025, the vessel's flag is marked as "Guinea False".

A VLCC-type tanker with a deadweight of almost 310,000 DWT is involved in the STS transshipment of sanctioned russian oil/oil products, in particular, in the waters of the Mid-Atlantic, hundreds of nautical miles from the coast. This high-risk, environmentally hazardous practice with russian oil is that tankers consolidate (receive via STS) oil cargoes from Aframax tankers loaded in russian ports in the Baltic and Black Seas to larger tankers bound mainly for China.
The beneficial owner of the vessel is SUNNE CO LIMITED, which was sanctioned by USA on January 10, 2025 for its activities in the energy sector of the russian federation. SUNNE CO LIMITED is affiliated with a tanker fleet that is considered part of the shadow fleet.
On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as a property in which SUNNE CO LIMITED has an interest.

The tanker is involved in the export of russian oil/oil products, including by making STS transmissions in the area of the Caucasian anchorage near the Kerch Strait. Thus, the tanker makes frequent calls to the anchorage area near the Kerch Strait, turns off AIS, and conducts STS transmissions in the area, including in January 2025 with the sanctioned tanker APUS (IMO 9280885), which belongs to the shadow fleet involved in the transportation of sanctioned russian oil/oil products.
The vessel is also affiliated with the sanctioned russian company Rosewood Shipping LLC (TIN 6167088540), a shipping company specializing in the logistics of oil products using its own fleet. The founder of Rosewood Shipping LLC is South Energy LLC (TIN 6167088571). The management company of Rosewood Shipping LLC is a sanctioned russian company, NZNP Management JSC (TIN 9725007881), which is affiliated with NZNP JSC (one of the largest suppliers of oil products in southern russia, TOT of Ukraine).
On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel.