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During the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, the tanker is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from russian ports (Novorossiysk, Tuapse, St. Petersburg, Vysotsk) in the Black and Baltic Seas.
In particular, on February 17, 2023, the tanker was involved in the export of diesel (almost 30 thousand tons) from the russian port of Tuapse, the sender of the cargo was the sanctioned russian PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, 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. The tanker was also involved in several other export operations of Rosneft's diesel cargoes from the port of Tuapse on January 09 and February 01, 2023.
The tanker is affiliated with the Turkish company Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS (from the Bekmezci group of companies owned by Turkish textile magnate Ali Bekmezci), which was sanctioned by the United Kingdom in February 2024 for supporting the russian government, participating in and benefiting from doing business in a sector of strategic importance to the russian government - the russian energy sector.
The tanker IMO 9337327 is one of 37 purchased by Bekmezci since 2022, which was immediately engaged in russian oil trading as part of the Beks fleet. A significant number of Beks vessels have been renamed and ship management and commercial operations changed to circumvent sanctions imposed on Beks by Western regulators.
The vessel is linked to environmental safety incidents that occurred off Finland in December 2024, when the vessel drifted due to a technical malfunction, and in January 2025, north of the German island of Rügen, when the vessel was sailing from the russian port of Vysotsk with cargo to Tunisia and drifted due to an engine malfunction.