UNITE
IMO 9308132
Updated: 18.06.2025

Vessel name
UNITE
Category
Cargo transportation from/to ТОТ of Ukraine
Transportation of fossil fuels
Vessel Type
Crude Oil Tanker
DWT
49911
IMO
9308132
MMSI
630001117
Call sign
J5AN7
Flag (Current)
P&I Club
Sanctions
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sanctions have been applied
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Justification
Vessel information
The tanker, during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from russian ports in the Baltic and Black Seas using deceptive practices (disabling AIS, active dark activities in the Kerch Strait, the TOT of Crimea of Ukraine, and in the area of russian ports in the Baltic Sea).
The vessel calls at the ports of the TOT of Crimea of Ukraine, in particular, in May 2025 at the port of Kerch and the port of Kamysh-Burun.
The tanker is affiliated with the Turkish company Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS, which managed the vessel from November 2022 to March 2024. Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS is one of the top three ranking Turkish operators, which in 2023 provided transportation of hundreds of millions of barrels of russian crude oil and petroleum products. The fleet of the Turkish top three - Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS and the sanctioned Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Tic and Active Denizcilik ve Gemi - transported a total of 49 million barrels of russian crude oil/petroleum products in 2023. In March 2024, the management of the tanker was transferred to the Turkish company Cape Gemi Isletmeciligi AS. Cape Gemi Isletmeciligi AS has the same legal address as two other Turkish ship managers, Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS and Tokyo Gemi Isletmeciligi AS. Eight tankers of these companies were operated by Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS in 2023 and early 2024, and one tanker was operated by the sanctioned Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Tic.
On June 17, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker in connection with the carrying crude oil/petroleum products that originated in russia from russia to a third countries.
The vessel calls at the ports of the TOT of Crimea of Ukraine, in particular, in May 2025 at the port of Kerch and the port of Kamysh-Burun.
The tanker is affiliated with the Turkish company Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS, which managed the vessel from November 2022 to March 2024. Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS is one of the top three ranking Turkish operators, which in 2023 provided transportation of hundreds of millions of barrels of russian crude oil and petroleum products. The fleet of the Turkish top three - Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS and the sanctioned Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Tic and Active Denizcilik ve Gemi - transported a total of 49 million barrels of russian crude oil/petroleum products in 2023. In March 2024, the management of the tanker was transferred to the Turkish company Cape Gemi Isletmeciligi AS. Cape Gemi Isletmeciligi AS has the same legal address as two other Turkish ship managers, Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS and Tokyo Gemi Isletmeciligi AS. Eight tankers of these companies were operated by Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS in 2023 and early 2024, and one tanker was operated by the sanctioned Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Tic.
On June 17, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker in connection with the carrying crude oil/petroleum products that originated in russia from russia to a third countries.
Cases of AIS shutdown
Yes
Calling at russian ports
Yes
Visited ports
Augusta (Italy), Vysotsk (russia), Gdynia (Poland), Yilport/Gebze (Turkey), Itacoatiara (Brazil), Izmit (Turkey), Kerch (Ukraine), Lagos (Nigeria), Manaus (Brazil), Mundra (India), Novorossiysk (russia), La Skhira (Tunisia), Kamysh-Burun (Ukraine), Primorsk (russia), Bizerte (Tunisia), Marmara (Turkey), Port Esquivel (Jamaica), Sohar (Oman), Ain Sukhna Terminal (Egypt), Mersin offshore (Turkey)
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Ship Owner (IMO / Country / Date)
Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS (6477863 / Turkey / 11.03.2025)
Commercial ship manager (IMO / Country / Date)
Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS (6477863 / Turkey / 19.03.2024)
Ship Safety Management Manager (IMO / Country / Date)
Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS (6477863 / Turkey / 19.03.2024)
Former ship names
Ocean Venus / Beks Ebru
Flags (former)
Build year
2006
Builder (country)
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