GEORGIA

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 in the Baltic and Black Seas, including through STS transfers with tankers of the russian shadow fleet near European countries.
The tanker makes calls to the ports of the TOT Crimea of Ukraine, in particular, in January 2025, and systematically resorts to conducting dark activities near russian ports in the Baltic and Black Seas, and the Kerch Strait.
In February 2023, the tanker was involved in the export of russian oil products (over 30 thousand tons) from the russian port of Tuapse, where the production complex belonging to the sanctioned PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, the Tuapse Oil Refinery with a sea terminal, is located. The sender of the cargo was the sanctioned russian company Rosneft, and the recipient was Tejarinaft FZCO, founded on April 25, 2022, one of the main oil traders for the purchase of russian crude oil/petroleum products in 2023.
In January 2025, after leaving the russian port of Tuapse, where the production complex belonging to the sanctioned Rosneft Oil Company - Tuapse Refinery with a marine terminal - is located, tanker IMO 9302683 made an STS transfer with tanker IMO 9247443 in the area near Greece. Since July 2024, the tanker IMO 9247443 has been operating in the area of Greece and Cyprus as a floating STS transshipment hub for russian wet cargo delivered to the area of Greece and Cyprus for transshipment mainly from the russian ports of Tuapse, Novorossiysk, as well as from the Taman crude oil/petroleum products transshipment complex, Primorsk, Ust-Luga. Such deliveries from russian ports for further transshipment via tanker IMO 9247443 in European waters are carried out by a number of tankers, including those affiliated with the Indian company Gatik Ship Management.
Transshipment of crude oil/petroleum products of russian origin by STS method at sea allows concealing the ownership and origin of the cargo, legalizing their supply to the EU, the USA and other countries. In turn, the sale of crude oil/petroleum products on the world market allows accumulating significant financial resources in the state budget of the russian federation, which are used, among other things, to build up the military potential of the aggressor state and to provide material support for russia's military operations on the territory of Ukraine.