Vessels · IMO 9610810

VIKTOR BAKAEV

On 4 sanctions listsIMO 9610810

As of 7 November 2026, VIKTOR BAKAEV (IMO 9610810) is listed by the EU, the UK, Switzerland (SECO) and the US (OFAC).Lists last checked 2026-11-07 21:01 UTC.

EU port ban
● Listed
on the EU vessel list
UK
● Listed
UK Sanctions List
Switzerland
● Listed
SECO list
US
● Listed
OFAC SDN — blocked
UN
○ No
not listed

This vessel is listed under a sanctions programme. Chartering, loading, bunkering, insuring, financing or otherwise dealing with it may be prohibited for persons bound by the listing authority's rules. Pause any business involving the ship until a qualified review has cleared it.

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What the listing means in practice

For charterers and traders, insurers, ports and banks — per authority that lists this ship. Plain-English summaries of the legal texts; the texts prevail.

European Union — binds: Anyone in the EU, EU nationals and EU companies anywhere, and any business done wholly or partly in the EU.

Charterers, traders: Buying, selling, chartering, operating or crewing the ship, ship-to-ship transfers with it and using its services are prohibited.
Insurers: Financing and financial assistance — including insurance and reinsurance — and brokering for the ship are prohibited.
Ports: No access to EU ports, anchorages or locks; no bunkering, supplies, crew changes or cargo handling; no EU flag registration. Narrow exceptions (emergency, safety, humanitarian).
Banks, payments: Not an asset freeze in itself, but financing and payments for prohibited services are caught. A freeze applies if a listed person owns the ship.

United Kingdom — binds: Anyone in the UK or its waters, and UK nationals and UK companies anywhere. Each listing states which ship measures apply.

Charterers, traders: Chartering or operating a specified ship, and services for its purchase, sale or transfer, are offences (since 20 May 2026).
Insurers: Providing financial services or funds — including insurance and reinsurance — and brokering for a specified ship is an offence.
Ports: No UK port access; port, movement and detention directions possible; UK registration refused or terminated.
Banks, payments: Not an asset freeze in itself, but financial services for the ship are prohibited. If a designated person owns it, it is frozen.

Switzerland — binds: Persons and companies in Switzerland — including Swiss-based commodity traders and shipping companies.

Charterers, traders: Buying, selling, chartering, operating or crewing the ship, ship-to-ship transfers with it and using its services are prohibited.
Insurers: Services of any kind for the ship — including financial services, insurance, brokering and registration — and financing are prohibited.
Ports: No port clause (landlocked), but import, transit and transport of the ship through Switzerland and Swiss registration services are prohibited.
Banks, payments: Not an asset freeze in itself, but financial services linked to the ship are prohibited; assets of listed persons, including their ships, are frozen.

United States — binds: US persons (citizens, residents, US companies and their foreign branches, anyone in the US). Non-US parties face secondary-sanctions risk.

Charterers, traders: US persons may not charter, buy, sell, operate or otherwise deal in the blocked vessel without an OFAC licence; non-US parties risk secondary sanctions.
Insurers: US persons may not underwrite, reinsure or broker cover for it; non-US insurers can face secondary-sanctions risk.
Ports: Blocked property coming into the US is blocked; OFAC tells port agents, operators and terminals to refuse service to sanctioned vessels.
Banks, payments: US banks must block or reject payments involving the blocked interest; foreign banks risk sanctions for significant transactions (Russia programme).

Listing timeline

25 Nov 2024
United Kingdom — UK Sanctions List
Listed as VIKTOR BAKAEV · The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
25 Feb 2025
European Union — vessel designations (port and services ban)
Listed as Viktor Bakaev · Russia — port access and services ban (Art. 3s, Reg. 833/2014)
4 Mar 2025
Switzerland — SECO sanctions list
Listed as Viktor Bakaev · Situation in Ukraine
Date not published by the list
United States — OFAC SDN list
Listed as VIKTOR BAKAEV · RUSSIA-EO14024

Programmes: Situation in Ukraine; Russia — port access and services ban (Art. 3s, Reg. 833/2014); RUSSIA-EO14024; The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Names, flags and identity

Names in the lists: VIKTOR BAKAEV
Flag: Liberia
Type: Crude Oil Tanker, built 2013
IMO number: 9610810 — stays the same through renaming and reflagging

More about this ship

Search GUR “War & Sanctions” for IMO 9610810 ↗ — Ukrainian defence intelligence: photos, owners and movements (not an official sanctions list)
Other listed ships under the Liberia flag →
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Legal sources

EUR-Lex: Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, Art. 3s, Art. 13, Annex XLII (consolidated) (24 Jul 2026).
legislation.gov.uk: Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Part 6 Ships (regs 57–57I).
legislation.gov.uk: Russia (Sanctions) Regulations 2019, reg 46AA (services relating to specified ships) (in force 20 May 2026).
Fedlex: Ordinance on measures in connection with the situation in Ukraine, SR 946.231.176.72, Art. 12d, Art. 15, Annex 33 (status 21 Sep 2026).
OFAC: Sanctions Guidance for the Maritime Shipping Industry (31 Oct 2024).
Federal Register: Executive Order 14024 (Russia), Sec. 1 and 6 (19 Apr 2021).
OFAC: OFAC FAQ 1181 (foreign financial institutions).