ULUC KA

IMO 9228801
Updated: 11.11.2025
ULUC KA
Vessel name
ULUC KA
Category
Transportation of fossil fuels in violation of sanctions and other restrictions
icon arrow-tree Transporting russian crude oil / petroleum products
IMO
9228801
Flag (Current)
Turkey Turkey
MMSI
271051063
Call sign
TCA7379
Vessel Type
Chemical/Oil Products Tanker
Length (m)
182.55
Gross tonnage (t)
23247
DWT (t)
37272
P&I Club
Standard P&I Club per Charles Taylor & Co
Sanctions
Sanctions lifted
The person in connection with whom
sanctions have been applied
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Justification
Vessel information
The vessel is involved in the export of russian oil from the port of Novorossiysk in the Black Sea to Turkish ports during the G7 and EU oil embargo and price-car policy. In 2025, the tanker calls at russian ports with oil terminals, in particular at the Sheskharis terminal (Novorossiysk), which is a transshipment complex, the end point of the main pipelines of Chernomortransneft JSC (TIN 2315072242, under USA sanctions), a subsidiary of the sanctioned russian Transneft PJSC (TIN 7706061801). In 2025, the tanker resorts to conducting dark activities near the TOT of Crimea of Ukraine, in the Kerch Strait area.
In March and April 2023, the tanker was involved in the export of several batches of oil products from the russian port of Tuapse, the shipper of the cargo was the sanctioned Rosneft, the recipient was Gms Trading Middle East DMCC (UAE), founded on February 16, 2022. There is a production complex in Tuapse belonging to the sanctioned Rosneft - the Tuapse Refinery with a marine terminal.
In July 2025, the tanker transported more than 30,000 tons of petroleum products from the Sheskharis terminal in the port of Novorossiysk to Turkey.
In September 2025, the vessel exported nearly 90,000 tons of russian petroleum products to Turkey from the port of Taman and the Sheskharis terminal in the port of Novorossiysk.
The vessel is also involved in transshipment of russian oil in the area of several dozen nautical miles southeast of the port of Constanta (Romania) through bunkering with the tanker ‘New Trust’ (IMO 9274812), affiliated with the Greek company New Shipping Ltd, which, in turn, is involved in bunkering with russian tankers exporting oil products from russian ports in the Black Sea. Thus, the vessel has been bunkering at sea near the port of Constanta, in particular with the tankers ‘Dmitry Pokrovsky’, ‘VF Tanker 3’, ‘VF Tanker 4’, ‘Caspian Stream’, ‘Andropov’, which sailed from the ports of Temryuk and Novorossiysk.
Cases of AIS shutdown
Yes
Calling at russian ports
Yes
Visited ports
Canakkale (Turkey), Yilport/Gebze (Turkey), Golcuk Burnu (Turkey), Novorossiysk (russia), Evyap Port (Turkey), Marport West (Soyak) Terminal (Turkey), Zeytinburnu (Turkey), Batumi (Georgia), Opet Marmara Terminal (Turkey), Marmara Butangas Terminal (Turkey), Altinova- Shipyard (Turkey), Sheskharis (russia), Marmara (Turkey), Opet Marmara Terminal (Turkey), Zhelezny Rog (russia), Poti (Georgia), Kulevi (Georgia), Akcansa (Turkey), Atherinolakos (Greece), Limas (Turkey)
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Ship Owner (IMO / Country / Date)
White Tankers Gemi Islet (6318872 / Turkey / 25.01.2023)
Commercial ship manager (IMO / Country / Date)
White Tankers Gemi Islet (6318872 / Turkey / 25.01.2023)
Ship Safety Management Manager (IMO / Country / Date)
White Tankers Gemi Islet (6318872 / Turkey / 25.01.2023)
Former ship names
Flores I / Flores / Baltic Sky I
Flags (former)
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands / Panama Panama / Germany Germany / Malta Malta / Liberia Liberia
Build year
2001
Builder (country)
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd.
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