CAPIBARA

During the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, the tanker was involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products using deceptive, high-risk practices (through STS transmissions with russian affiliation, with ships of the russian shadow fleet, with AIS disabled and conducting dark activities near russian ports in the Black Sea).
In June 2023, a tanker was involved in the export of a batch of diesel (almost 30 thousand tons) from the russian port of Tuapse, where a production complex belonging to the sanctioned PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, the Tuapse Oil Refinery with a marine terminal, is located. The sender of the cargo was the sanctioned russian Rosneft, and the recipient was GMS Trading Middle East DMCC (UAE), founded on February 16, 2022.
In October 2023, the tanker IMO 9267027, having left the russian port of Talagi, where the oil loading facilities of the sanctioned Rosneft PJSC are located, made an STS transfer with the tanker IMO 9312872, which was subject to USA sanctions in January 2025, in the area near Malta. Tanker IMO 9312872 is considered part of the shadow fleet, involved in the transportation of russian crude oil/petroleum products from russian ports, in particular in the Pacific region, mainly to China, and called at a russian port where the price of oil was constantly trading above the price cap.
On December 27, 2024, near the russian port of Tuapse, tanker IMO 9267027 carried out an STS transfer with tanker IMO 9385831, which entered the transshipment area from the russian port of Tuapse on December 27, 2024. Tanker IMO 9385831 is considered to be part of the shadow fleet, which since July 2024 has been involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products mainly from russian ports in the Black Sea using deceptive, high-risk practices. The owner and commercial manager of the tanker IMO 9385831 since July 2024 is Key Marvel Ltd, registered in the Seychelles at Suite 10, 3rd Floor, La Ciotat, Mont Fleuri, Mahe Island Seychelles, which is widely used for registration of companies that own shadow fleet vessels. Since July 2024, Navigenix Shipmanagement LLC (Azerbaijan) has been the technical manager of the tanker. Immediately after the change of management in July 2024, the tanker was involved in the transportation of russian crude oil/petroleum products. Navigenix Shipmanagement LLC is affiliated with the sanctioned tankers of the shadow fleet of the russian federation, in particular, with the tanker IMO 9209972, which in 2025 was sanctioned by the United Kingdom, the EU, and Switzerland, in particular, for the transportation of crude crude oil/petroleum products, originating from russia or exported from russia, using irregular high-risk shipping practices, as specified in the International Maritime Organization General Assembly resolution A. 1192 (33). In the period from July 2024 to March 2025, Navigenix Shipmanagement LLC was the ISM manager of the tanker IMO 9209972.
Since 2024, a number of Azerbaijani companies (Dream Island Shipping LLC, Ocean Voyage LLC, Tidal Tech Mariners LLC, Seafaring Savants LLC, VVave Minder Shipmanagement, Triton Technical Services LLC, Navigenix Shipmanagement LLC, Nautilus Fleet Management LLC, Harbor Harmony Shipmanagement, and others) have been managing tankers of the shadow fleet of the russian federation, including those which since 2023 have been managed by a number of Moldovan companies (Adel Ship Management SRL, BPC Shipmanagement SRL, MRK Shipmanagement SRL, KSN Shipmanagement SRL, OST Shipmanagement SRL, Surt Ship Management SRL, SAL Shipmanagement SRL, FLC Shipmanagement SRL) involved in the creation of a part of the shadow fleet for the transportation of russian crude oil/petroleum products under Western sanctions.
Transshipment of crude oil/petroleum products of russian origin at sea using the STS method allows concealing the ownership and origin of the cargo, and 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 materially support russia's military operations on the territory of Ukraine.
In 2025, the tanker IMO 9267027 calls at russian ports, in particular, 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).