In the August some European media, including “Britpanorama”, published the investigations, devoted to illegal activities of Greek maritime business ties with Russian “shadow” tanker fleet.
Investigations proved that since 2022, Greek owners have launched a campaign to resell large-capacity tankers that served Russian cargo, and by 2024 there were at least 127 such vessels, for a total of $3.7 billion.
Investigations reminded that in May 2025 only, no less than 33 tankers of Greek owners were involved in the sea export of Kazakh crude oil by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium from Novorossiysk, but only 6 of them used the Greek flag, 14 were under the flag of Liberia, another 9 were under the flag of Malta, and 2 each under the flags of the Bahamas and the Marshall Islands.
Investigation added that at the same time, Greek tankers transport not only Kazakh but also Russian oil and petroleum products to Europe, despite sanctions; in May 2025, there were at least 10 such shipments, and in June 2025, there were at least 12 such violators.
Investigation gave the example of the Athenian company “Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd”, whose tanker “Eleni” IMO 9432062, under the Liberian flag, transported 85,500 tons of oil from the Baltic port of Ust-Luga to the Indian port of Paradip in July 2025.
Journalists pointed that the crew for the tanker “Eleni” on the relevant voyage was formed, among other things, with the participation of Russian-controlled Crimean crewing agencies, such as “Sydyma”, and this same structure staffed the crew of the tanker “Delta Ocean” with IMO number 9408475 of the Athenian company “Delta Tankers Ltd”.
In this regard, the close and long-term cooperation of Crimean recruitment agencies with shipping companies of the Greek tycoon Panos Laskaridis, such as “Lavinia Corp”, were reminded.
The research, done by our experts, of published facts and data of those investigations, confirmed the connections of the beneficiaries and management of Greek shipowners, with tankers of Russian “shadow” tanker fleet, as well as with the illegal maritime structures, that act at Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine.
So our Association sent now the special submission about above described issues to all the authorized UN bodies, to structures of Council of Europe, of European Union, BSEC, OSCE, ILO, FAO and IMO, to the ITF structures and Memorandums of Understanding of port control, also as to the sanctions units of U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and to the national maritime administrations of civilized states.
We informed also the international maritime business structures, such as P&I insurance clubs, classification societies, BIMCO, INTERTANKO and may others. Our submission demanded to establish relevant sanctions and made special attention on attempts of sircumvention of current sanctions against Russian “shadow” oil fleet.
Our submission stressed that also special attention must be paid to illegal activities of Russian classification societies such as “Russian Maritime Register of Shipping” and “Russian Classification Society”, former “Russian River Register”. Our activities on research the illegal activities of maritime structures, that support Russian aggression, will be continued.
