🧵🧵Today's shipping story heads to Kalamata, Greece where international waters there are used as a ship-to-ship transfer area to consolidate Russian cargoes from both the Black Sea and Baltic export ports. I'm looking at Sinbad (IMO 9413688), a Liberia-flagged Aframax tanker 
looks like Sinbad has just begun an STS with Kriti Diamond (IMO ) like most tankers working these trades, Sinbad changed hands in Jan. to Dubai-based Chessworth DMCC chessworthdmcc.com
Chessworth is another energy trader that's sprung up in this region & whose 'linkedin' button goes to an online web domain provider that probably put together their website. Hennesea Tanker Corp henneseatankers.com and Coral Energy coralenergy.ch ....
are other Dubai-based energy traders specialising in Russian trades with fleets hidden behind India ISM-managed fleets & registered owners in the Seychelles, British Virgin Islands, Suriname, Georgia etc etc. But back to Sinbad that loaded 1st post-sale cargo at Ust Luga Jan 10
that was delivered to Aliaga end-Jan & Feb 6 Sinbad sailed for Kalamata. its rendezvous with Kriti Diamond followed that tanker calling at the Kavkaz anchorage in the Black Sea where AIS draft indicators show it took on a cargo
2004-built suezmax Kriti Diamond is 1 of many tankers with "Kriti" prefixes owned by Avin International from the NJ Vardioyannis Group (in Greece) who is active in pre-sanctions Russian shipments. Ownership hasn't changed suggesting this is an oil-price cap compliant trade
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