Commercial shadow fleet ships with connections to Russia

Commercial shadow fleet ships with connections to Russia

IMO	Name	flag	typ	sanctioned by / at	owner	build	note
9231767	Adalynn	Antigua & Barbuda	cruide oil tanker	UK, Ukraine	Navi Mumbai, India.	2002	On June 16, 2025 tanker Front Eagle (IMO 9855343) collided with the tanker Adalynn in the Gulf of Oman. Frontline Ltd. could not reach Adalynn's owner; the Adalynn's anonymous controlling interests made no response. office complex in The same Indian company also operates aging tanker Carcharodon (IMO 9258882).
9321847	Aeira former Emily S	São Tomé and Príncipe	cruide oil tanker	EU 2024	unknown	2007
9232888	Ailama	Gambia	tanker	Canada 2025	unknown	2003	The tanker is involved in the export of Russian crude oil from Russian ports in the Baltic Sea and the Pacific region to China and India. In particular, in May 2023, the vessel exported Russian oil from port of Kavkaz to EU countries to the Laconian Gulf. The vessel is certified by the Registro Italiano Navale (IACS). A Moldova and Romania NGO, and Greenpeace refer to the tanker threatening the environment.
9280885	Apus	Panama	cruide oil tanker	USA (2025)		2004
9297357	Arjun	Panama	cruide oil tanker	USA (2025)		2006
8716954	Merna former Aleksandr Tkachenko	Palau	Ro-Ro cargo ship		unknown	1989	Regular transporter of Russian military equipement to Syria at the Syrian Express
9610808	Anatoly Kolodkin	no flag	cruide oil tanker	USA (2013)	Sovcomflot	2013
9235713	Amber 6	Panama		connected to Russian shadow fleet according to Lylods List	unknown	2003	Irregular and high-risk shipping practices carrying Russian oil
9413573	Arcadia	Oman	cruide oil tanker	UK (2024) USA, Canada, Switzerland, New Zealand (2025)	Stream Ship Management FZCO affiliated with PJSC Sovcomflot	2009
9274800	Astral	Sao Tome	cruide oil tanker	UK, Canada, Australia, Ukraine (2025)	Managed by Indian Bravo Marine PVT LTD certified by IACS	2004	Bravo Marine PVT LTD manages also the shadow fleet tanker LI BAI (IMO 9589750).
9436941	Attica		tanker	UK 2024	Eastern Mediterrane Maretime, Athens, Greece	2010	Irregular and high-risk shipping practices carrying Russian oil
9763837	Audax	Singapore	heavy cargo	EU 2024	unknown	2016
9220639	Baltic Leader	Russia	Ro-Ro cargo ship		unknown	2000	Baltic Leader transported military equipment from Tartus, Syria across the English Channel, accompanied by the Russian corvette Boikiy.
9296585	Bandra	Guinea	Oil products tanker	USA (2024)	Hennesea Holdings Limited, UAE	2005	Shortly before the entry into force of the price-cap policy, te 2022 created Hennesea Ltd acquired old tankers transporting russian crude oil and oil products from russian ports.
9293002	Blint former Jaguar	many	cruide oil tanker	UK (2025)	unknown	2005	Blit was inntercepted by Estonia in May 2025 under the name Jaguar; unflagged, accompanied by a Russian Su-35 jet incursion, but not boarded. Jaguar was widely reported as both Gabon and Guinea Bissau-flagged, it was at the time of the incident sailing without any valid flag registration. It was escorted by the Estonian navy to Russian waters.
9768368	Boris Vilkitsky	Cyprus	ice-class ARC7 LNG tanker		Sovcomflot DY Shipping, Limassol	2017	Second ship of the Christophe-de-Margerie-class, delivering Yamal LNG
9953509	Buran former North Air	Russia former Panama	LNG tanker			2023	In April 2025 the LNG tanker was renamed and reflagged along with three other ice-strengthened LNG carriers to the Russian Federation. All vessels are part of Russia's ‘shadow fleet’ designed to deliver sanctioned liquefied natural gas from the Arctic. The North-series vessels North Sky, North Air, North Mountain, and North Way were renamed to Iris, Buran, Voskhod, and Zarya.
9411331	Canara	Panama	cruide oil tanke	USA (2025)	unknown	2009
9341079	Capella	Comoros	cruide oil tanker	EU, UK, Switzerland (2024) USA (2025)	unknown	2006	Was flagged to Barbados, Gabon and Liberia in the past.
9301392	Captain Kostichev	Russia	cruide oil tanker	USA (2025)	unknown	2005
9737187	Christophe de Margerie	Panama	ice-class ARC7 LNG tanker		Sovcomflot DY Shipping, Limassol	2016	First ship of the Christophe-de-Margerie-class, delivering Yamal LNG
9229439	Ceres I	Sao Tome and Principe	cruide oil tanker	USA	unknown		Ceres I collieded with tanker Hafnia Nile in Malaysian waters, resulting in blazes on both ships and a major hassle for the Malaysian authorities in 2024.
9288693	Conico Atlas former Andaman Skies	Comoros	cruide oil tanker	EU 2024, Australia 2025	unknown	2004
9378620	Dalva	Comoros	cruide oil tanker	EU, UK, Australia, Switezerland, Ukraine (2025)	Gatik Ship Management	2008	Dalva is certified by the Indian Register of Shipping (IACS).
9402471	Devika former Andormeda Star	Malawi	cruide oil tanker	EU, Switzerland (2024) Canada (2025)	unknown Managed by Indian Margao Marine Solutions OPC	2009	On March 2, 2024, Andromeda Star collided with the Bulgarian-flagged cargo ship Peace in the treacherous waters between Amager and Saltholm in the Øresund en route to Primorsk to load Russian Urals crude.
9329760	Eagle S	Cook Islands	crude oil and oil products tanker		The only ship operated by Caravella LLC-FZ, a company registered in the United Arab Emirates.	2006	The Eagle S is suspected of damaging subsea cables in the Baltic Sea and was detained y Finland. It is believed to have intentionally damaged the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 power line and four telecommunications cables by dragging its anchor across the seabed on Christmas Day 2024.
9216298	East Energy	Curacao	tanker	USA, UK, EU 2024 Canada 2025	unknown	2002	East Energy is involved in the transportation of fossil fuels from the Arctic LNG-2 facility in violation of international maritime law, using so-called spoofing of AIS to conceal the vessel's true location.
9276030	Echo former Elbrus	Barbados	tanker	EU 2024	SCF NOVOSHIP - NOVOROSSIYSK	2004	Owned, chartered or operated by sanctioned individual
9308065	Eventin	Germany	cruide oil tanker	confiscated 2025 by Germany	unknown	2006	The Suezmax crude oil tanker sailed under the Panamanian flag until its confiscation by Germany in March 2025. Due to a failure of its onboard electrical system, the ship drifted unmaneuverable off Rügen in the Baltic Sea in January 2025 while en route from Ust-Luga to the Suez Canal. Before its confiscation, it was considered part of the Russian shadow fleet.
9014432	Falcon		LPG tanker	identified as connected to the Russian shadow fleet by Lyods List 2025		1994	With no known flag and a history of AIS spoofing, this LPG tanker entered the Gulf of Finland signaling its destination as Tallinn in 2025. As with previous voyages, Falcon’s AIS signal indicated that it had anchored off Estonia, while the tanker was loading gas in Russia.
9235725	Fulga Bluemarine	Gambia	cruide oil tanker	EU, Canada, Switzerland (2025)	Lagosmarine Ltd / Sparta Shipmanagement Limited, Cyprus	2003
9503304	General Skobelev	Russia	Oil products tanker		Holding „Palmali“, Beşiktaş, Turkey (by 2017)	2008	The "civilian" tanker General Skobelev supplied Russian troops in Syria with fuel in 2024. While transiting the Baltic Sea in November 2024, the tanker was escorted by the Russian Navy's Stereguchy-class corvette "Merkury." When one of the onboard helicopters of the German frigate "Nordrhein-Westfalen" attempted to inspect the tanker around the Russian warship from the air, the corvette fired flares at the German navy helicopter.
9331141	Kelly Grace formerly Vela Rain	Comoros	crude oil tanker	UK (2023) EU, Switzerland (2024) New Zealand, Canada (2025)	formerly World Shipping Services LLC	2006	Kelly Grace was owned by World Shipping Services LLC (UAE), the latter transferred its tankers to other newly established companies, including Alqutb Alshamali Marine Services LLC (UAE) and Atos Remote Solutions (India), to avoid sanctions.
9333682	Kirill Lavrov	Russia	crude oil tanker	USA (2025)	Sovcomflot PSJC	2010	Kirill Lavrov is the second vessell of a series of Arctic shuttle tankers of reinforced ice class, intended for year-round sea transportation of crude oil from the Prirazlomnoye field. Iin particular to Murmansk, to the FSO Umba floating storage tanker (IMO 9196620).
9217979	Kola	Russia	Floating Storage/Production FSO	USA (2025)		2001
9915105	Koryak FSU	none	Floating Storage/Production	USA, EU (2024)	Novatek		Koryak is a FSU of the Russian natural gas producer Novatek. The massive floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage terminal is the sister terminal to Saam FSU.
9161003	Lady-R	Russia	cargo vessel	USA, EU (2024)	unknown	2004	Involved in The Lady R incident, when it was docking at Simon's Town Naval Base in South Africa in December 2022 and the resulting diplomatic impact. The ship was carrying military cargo, potentially that South African military supplies were loaded onto the ship for use in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
9339325	Level	Oman	tanker	UK (2024), USA, Canada (2025)	PJSC Sovcomflot	2007	Among the vessel's former owners and managers are companies affiliated with the sanctioned PJSC Sovcomflot.
9589750	Danshui former Li Bai	Comoros	crude oil tanker	US (2025)	unknown	2011
9336426	Naxos	Palau	tanker		unknown		The tanker and a second shadow fleet tanker were escorted by the Russian corvette Boikiy, using a fake ID signal while travelling through the English Channel in June 2025.
9289520	N Cerna former Canis Power	Sao Tome	crude oil tanker			2005
9288746	Marathon former Udaya	Comoros	tanker	UK 2024 Canada, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia 2025	unknown	2005	Approached by Danish Coast Guard at entering Danish EEZ in. Subsequent verification with Comorian authorities confirmed that the vessel is not listed in their registry.
9151890	Odin	Russia	Oil products tanker	EU, Switzerland (2025)	unknown	1998
9133587	Pablo	Gabon	crude oil tanker		The ship had various owners and was sold to an undisclosed buyer for demolition. However, a few days later, the deal quietly fell through, and the vessel began operating in the shadows of Iranian and Russian ghost fleets. The registered owner is Pablo Union Shipping, is a shell company that cannot be traced.	1997	Pablo transported heavy fuel oil used for electricity generation in March 2024 most probably from Russia, according to Kpler, via several transshipmentson the high seas. On first of May 2024 an explosion happened aboard Pablo off the coast of Malaysia, in one of the busiest shipping channels in the world. Out of the 28 crew members on board, officials report that 25 were rescued by passing vessels. Two Indians and one Ukrainian were not found. The vessel was abandoned for at least 128 days, untended, at anchor at the place of the incident. As of 2025 the ship is in service again.
9233765	Paz former Aulis	Panama	cruide oil tanker	USA (2025)		2003
9332810	Pushpa former Kiwala	none	crude oil tanker			2007	Kiwala was detained near Tallinn for maritime law violations by Estonias PPA on April 11, 2025, while unflagged. The vessel, named than Kiwala, had been reportedly operating under the flag of Djibouti, but was caught not flying a flag. Djibouti naval authority said it could not find the ship Kiwala in its national registry. The vessel was held 16 days and released after correcting 40 deficiencies.
9248473	Rebi former Arzoyi	Guyana	crude oil tanker		unknown	2002	In March 2022 the than Arzoyi ran aground off eastern China, near an oil terminal in Qingdao. A rupture during the incident has caused oil to leak, although it is unsure whether there is any spill from the hull. The ship is without P&I cover.
9350654	Ruby Cross	Comoros	crude oil tanker	USA (2025)	unknown	2007
9296822	Sagitta former Angelica Schulte	Panama	Crude oil tanker	UK (2024), USA, EU, Australia, Canada, Switzerland (2025)	unknown	2005	The tanker Sagitta calls at Russian ports that are leading in the export of Russian oil by the shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea and the Pacific region, delivering oil to China and India.
9385233	San Severus	Timor-Leste former Eswatini	Bulk carrier		unknown	2009	Transport of stolen Ukrainian grain at the black sea
9289752	Savitri	Djibouti	tanker	UK 2024, EU, Canada, Switzerland, Ukraine 2025	ARK SeaKonnect Shipmanagment LLP, a company associated with Gatik Ship Management, India	2005	The vessel is certified by the Indian Register of Shipping (IACS). Savitri conducted 54 Ship-to-Ship (STS) transfers alone in 2024.
9388807	Seajewel	Panama	cruide oil tanker	According to Ukrainska Pravda part of Russian shadow fleet	Thenamaris	2009	The tanker was one of three ships (Seacharm, Grace Ferrum), which get damaged by explosions in February 2025. The explosion caused a one-metre inward breach below the waterline on the hull at Savona-Vado port in northern Italy. A second blast occurred 20 minutes later on the same vessel without causing further damage. Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation.
9522324	Sierra	none	cruide oil tanker			2011	Sierra was approaching the island of Gotland July 1, having loaded Ust-Luga June 28, 2025. The tanker is falsely flagged to Malawi.
9160994	Sparta II	Russia	Ro-Ro cargo ship		Russian Ministry of Defense's Oboronlogistics company	2000	Regular transporter of Russian military equipement to Syria at the Syrian Express.
9743033	Sparta IV	Russia	Cargo ship		Russian Ministry of Defense's Oboronlogistics company	2018	Regular transporter of Russian military equipment to Syria at the Syrian Express. In March 2025 RoRo ships Sparta IV and Siyanie Severa along with the Russian Navy landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin passed mediteran sea.
9256602	Sputnik Energy formerly Pioneer, Pioneer Spirit, LNG Pioneer	Curacao	LNG Tanker	EU (2024)	Novatek	2005
9250385	Siyanie Severa	Russia	General cargo ship	USA (2022)	OJSC Northern shipping company	2002	Regular transporter of Russian military equipment to Syria at the Syrian Express. In March 2025 RoRo ships Sparta IV and Siyanie Severa along with the Russian Navy landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin passed mediteran sea.
9321976	Syndra	Panama	cruide oil tanker	USA (2025)		2007	formerly managed by Sigma Tankers Norwalk, CT, USA
9638197	Tong Yuan	China	Hopper Dredger	EU, Switzerland (2025)	Tianjin International Trade and Shipping Service Center (TJITSC)	2012	The chinese flaged dredger is involved in the construction of a russian offshore liquefied natural gas transshipment complex, in particular in the Kamchatka Territory. The offshore complex is designed to transship LNG in floating storage facilities for short-term storage and to ship LNG to ships that do not have ice reinforcement.
9299898	Turbo Voyager	Tanzania	cruide oil tanker	EU, UK (2024) Switzerland, Canada, New Zealand (2025)	Affiliated with the UAE-based Radiating World Shipping Services LLC	2005	Radiating World Shipping Services LLC was established in 2022, is one of the leading operators of ‘shadow’ fleet, and in early 2023 was one of the three largest carriers of russian oil, along with Fractal Marine Shipping (UAE) and Gatik Ship Management (India).
9327372	Ocean Embrance former Tyagaraja	Malawi	crude oil tanker	EU 2024		2006	transport crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XXV, that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia while practicing irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organisation General Assembly resolution A.1192(33)
9282479	Olina former Minerva M	Sao Tome and Principe		UK 2024, USA, EU, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland 2025		2005	Olina is exporting of Russian oil/oil products from Russian ports in the Baltic, Black Seas, and the Pacific region, mainly to China, India, and Turkey.
9538892	Ursa Major	Russia	heavy-lift ship		Oboronlogistika -Russian state corporation handling marine military logistics	2009	Allegdly part of the "Syrian Express". In 2024 Ursa Major sank in the western Mediterranean, with the loss of two of her 16 crew.
9299173	Veles	Russia	Chemical/oil tanker	EU, Switzerland (2025)		2004
9301421	Victor Konetsky	Comoros	Crude oil tanker	EU (2024) Canada, Australia, UK (2025)	PJSC Sovcomflot	2005	Affiliated to companies Sun Ship Management (UAE), Oil Tankers SCF MGMT FZCO (UAE), Stream Ship Management FZCO (UAE) with PJSC Sovcomflot
9529293	Vilamoura	Marshall Islands	Crude oil tanker	According to Defence UA and the Financial Times, Ukrainian intelligence has identified the Vilamoura as part of Russian shadow fleet.	George Economou’s TMS Group (Cardiff Marine Group)	2011	In June 2025 a blast demaged part of the ship and flooded the engine room of Vilamoura at Zueitina Terminal, Libya.
9750737	Vladimir Voronin	Bahamas	LNG tanker		unknown	2019	The LNG vessel named after the former Moldovan president is transporting gas for Yamal LNG.
9953511	Voskhod former North Mountain	Russia former Panama	LNG tanker	EU 2024	unknown	2023	In April 2025 LNG tanker North Mountain was renamed and reflagged along with three other ice-strengthened LNG carriers to the Russian Federation. All vessels are part of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ designed to deliver sanctioned liquefied natural gas from the Arctic. The North-series vessels North Sky, North Air, North Mountain, and North Way were renamed to Iris, Buran, Voskhod, and Zarya.
9312872	Xd Leo	Malawi	cruid oil taker	USA (2025)		20o7
9953535	Zarya	Russia	LNG tanker		unknown	2024	Part of the North-series LNG vessels North Sky, North Air, North Mountain, and North Way, wich were renamed to Iris, Buran, Voskhod, and Zarya
9010929	Zircone	Cyprus	Bunkering tanker		Zitrone is part of fleet of Estonia-registered Baltic Sea Bunkering OU, Latvian and Estonian company.	1993	Greenpeace activists painted slogans on an Estonian-owned tanker near Gotland in 2024 and said that the Zircone had for months "sold fuel to the shadow fleet", a claim the company denies.