The Maduro-Khamenei Oil Alliance: List of Foreign Flagged Vessels Shipping Iranian and Venezuelan Oil

Updated: May 31, 2023

On June 11, 2022, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi signed a 20-year cooperation agreement to expand ties in the oil and petrochemical industries, the military, and the economy.  Since then, the bilateral ties have mushroomed, with Iran supplying over 26 million barrels of crude oil and gas condensate in 2022. In exchange, Venezuela has delivered about the same volume of fuel oil cargo to Iran. National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) vessels have transported most shipments – in both directions: once discharged of Iranian crude and gas in Venezuelan ports, the same NITC tanker loads Venezuelan fuel oil on the return leg to Iran.

However, a significant number of non-NITC, foreign-flagged (i.e. not Iranian) vessels are also involved in the trade.  Furthermore, over recent weeks, UANI has noted that many tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil to countries like China are now participating in the Venezuelan trade. The below list shows foreign-flagged tankers that have been involved in shipping both Iranian oil and Venezuelan oil since 2019. As of May 25, 2023, UANI has documented 75 vessels that have transported both Iranian and Venezuelan oil and oil products through direct loadings or via ship-to-ship transfers.  That represents one-fifth of the vessels on UANI’s ‘Ghost Armada.’

 

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Number

Vessel Name

Flag

  1.  

9283801

ACHELOUS

Panama

  1.  

9304667

ADISA

Panama

  1.  

9197832

ALISHA

Panama

  1.  

9271406

ALTUS (EX: ASTRID I)

Gabon

  1.  

9244635

AMAK

Panama

  1.  

9304655

ANNICK

Panama

  1.  

9222443

ARABELA

St Kitts & Nevis

  1.  

9192258

ARES

Syria

  1.  

9181194

ASTERIX

?

  1.  

9262754

ATILA

Cameroon

  1.  

9123192

AVENTINE

Panama

  1.  

9262168

BERG 1

Panama

  1.  

9248497

BOREAS

Panama

  1.  

9232876

BRAVA LAKE

Panama

  1.  

9213296

BRIGHT SONIA

Panama

  1.  

9240512

CARINA V

Panama

  1.  

9294240

CATHAY KIRIN

Panama

  1.  

9199127

CATHAY STAR

Panama

  1.  

9229439

CERES I

Sao Tome & Principe (False)

  1.  

9257802

CHOLA QUEEN

Panama

  1.  

9247986

CRESTED

Panama

  1.  

9247792

DAMIA

Liberia

  1.  

9273052

DANICA (EX: AFRA CROWN)

Gabon

  1.  

9256468

ELSA

Belize

  1.  

9251951

ENOLA

Panama

  1.  

9237632

GALAXY STAR

Panama

  1.  

9326720

GRACY

Vietnam

  1.  

9259599

HAI II

Liberia

  1.  

9233753

HECATE

Panama

  1.  

9304356

HERA 1

Panama

  1.  

9171448

IMPALAS

Panama

  1.  

9227443

INNOVA

Vietnam

  1.  

9144067

ION

Cameroon

  1.  

9183271

IONA

Cameroon

  1.  

9254082

IRISES

Panama

  1.  

9176761

JAKA TARUB (EX: VULA)

Indonesia

  1.  

9224295

JUDY II

Sao Tome & Principe (False)

  1.  

9212759

LADY SOFIA

Panama

  1.  

9199828

LEVIATHAN

Cameroon

  1.  

9203277

LEXI

?

  1.  

9266750

MAGIC LADY

Liberia

  1.  

9208136

MERCY 08

Vietnam

  1.  

9234666

NIERUS (EX: ISAIAH)

Panama

  1.  

9179701

NOLAN

Panama

  1.  

9242120

NYANTARA

Panama

  1.  

9234642

ORBIT I

Panama

  1.  

9331244

PAPA

Panama

  1.  

9102239

PENNY H

?

  1.  

9241114

PENTA I

Panama

  1.  

9102277

PERON

Panama

  1.  

9236248

PHOENIX I

Panama

  1.  

9198317

PHONIX

Panama

  1.  

9316701

PROGRESS V

Panama

  1.  

9188788

PUTRI SAMUDRA (EX: KANHA PRIDE)

Cameroon

  1.  

9247431

REMY (EX: EASTERN PRIDE)

Panama

  1.  

9197909

ROZA

Cameroon

  1.  

9230878

SA CAPRICORN

Singapore

  1.  

9436006

SAMSUN (EX: PARAMOUNT)

Panama

  1.  

9174220

SELENE

Panama

  1.  

9270517

SEAGULL

Panama

  1.  

9041057

SERENITY

?

  1.  

9242118

SHANAYE QUEEN

Malaysia

  1.  

9263643

SONA STAR

Cook Islands

  1.  

9253064

SOTHYS

Vietnam

  1.  

9185530

SPAR

Panama

  1.  

9230880

TIMMUS (EX: NEOFIT)

Panama

  1.  

9248813

TJATSE

Panama

  1.  

9144782

TURBA (EX: PELICAN)

Cameroon

  1.  

9248485

URANUS

?

  1.  

9224805

UZOR

Cameroon

  1.  

9233739

VETER

Cameroon

  1.  

9262156

VIGOR

Panama

  1.  

9236250

VIRGO

Panama

  1.  

9288095

WEN YAO

Panama

  1.  

9018464

ZULU (EX: DOLPHIN)

Tanzania