ARABESCA

IMO 9288734

⭐ Vessel Spotlight — 2026-05-30 🚫 SANCTIONED 🇪🇺EU 🇨🇦CA 🇦🇺AU 🇬🇧UK
Rank: #21 of 2,620 STS detections: 0 Loiter: 299 AIS gap events: 8 Zone dwell: 524 90-day AIS-derived behavioral indicators

The vessel ARABESCA was selected as Vessel Spotlight due to its ranking of #21 among 2,620 monitored vessels, with key metrics over the past 90 days including 0 STS proximity events, 8 AIS gaps, 299 loitering events, and 524 zone dwell events. The top operating zones included the Baltic Exit/Tallinn Approach, Danish Straits/Skagerrak, and Port Said/Suez Approach, among others. The vessel was detected in the vicinity of terminal zones, specifically Port Said/Suez Approach, but no direct terminal visits were recorded during this period. These metrics are AIS-derived behavioral indicators.

Vessel information

Vessel Name ARABESCA
IMO Number 9288734
MMSI 667001321
Vessel Type Tanker
Flag 🇸🇱 Sierra leone
Call Sign 9LU2124
Length 244 m
Beam 42 m
Gross Tonnage 57,296 GT
Build Year 2005

Movement & AIS Track

The vessel ARABESCA was detected in the Baltic Exit/Tallinn Approach zone most frequently, with 603 events recorded, including 309 zone dwell and 294 loiter events. It was also detected in the Danish Straits/Skagerrak (25 events), Southern Black Sea Surveillance Zone (19 events), and Port Said/Suez Approach (17 events), among others. The vessel was detected in the vicinity of the Port Said/Suez Approach zone, though no direct terminal visits were recorded during this period.

ZoneEventsTypesFirst SeenLast Seen
Baltic Exit/Tallinn Approach 603 zone_dwell: 309, loiter: 294 Mar 5, 2026 May 30, 2026
Danish Straits/Skagerrak 25 zone_dwell: 25 Mar 2, 2026 May 18, 2026
Southern Black Sea Surveillance Zone 19 zone_dwell: 19 Feb 24, 2026 May 21, 2026
Port Said/Suez Approach 17 zone_dwell: 12, loiter: 5 Apr 28, 2026 May 1, 2026
Southern Öresund Surveillance Zone 15 zone_dwell: 14, ais_gap: 1 Mar 3, 2026 May 19, 2026
English Channel Surveillance Zone 14 zone_dwell: 14 Feb 28, 2026 May 19, 2026
Eastern Mediterranean Sanctioned Vessel Zone 14 zone_dwell: 14 May 1, 2026 May 1, 2026
Archipelago Sea Surveillance Zone 10 zone_dwell: 10 May 21, 2026 May 21, 2026
Archipelago Sea Monitoring Zone 10 zone_dwell: 10 May 19, 2026 May 20, 2026
English Channel Surveillance Zone 10 zone_dwell: 10 Feb 28, 2026 Mar 24, 2026
Eastern Mediterranean Sanctioned Vessel Zone 8 zone_dwell: 8 Mar 2, 2026 Mar 24, 2026
Archipelago Sea Sanction Zone 7 zone_dwell: 6, ais_gap: 1 Mar 25, 2026 May 16, 2026
Brest Approaches Monitoring Zone 7 zone_dwell: 6, ais_gap: 1 Feb 24, 2026 Mar 23, 2026
Northern Skagerrak Surveillance Zone 6 zone_dwell: 6 May 20, 2026 May 20, 2026
Alboran Sea Surveillance Zone 6 zone_dwell: 5, ais_gap: 1 Feb 24, 2026 Mar 21, 2026

Ownership & Management

Registered Owner
TRIVOS BALLASTER LTD
Room A, 29th Floor, United Centre, 95, Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong, China.
ISM Manager
ANCHOR ELITE SHIPMANAGEMENT
Apartment 9, House 20/33, M/D 3, Sumqayit Azerbaijan.
Ship Manager
TRIVOS BALLASTER LTD
Room A, 29th Floor, United Centre, 95, Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong, China.
Commercial Manager
TRIVOS BALLASTER LTD
Room A, 29th Floor, United Centre, 95, Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong, China.
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TRIVOS BALLASTER LTD

Trivos Ballaster Ltd is a Hong Kong maritime company associated with the vessel ARABESCA and listed as its registered shipowner/manager in marine vessel traffic data. Available records show it was incorporated on 28-Nov-2025, indicating it is a recently formed entity.[1][4]

Fleetunknown vessel(s)
Beneficial OwnerUnknown. No verifiable beneficial owner, parent company, or corporate structure information was found in the provided sources.
SanctionsOpenSanctions reports that Trivos Ballaster Ltd is an entity of interest but states it has not been found on international sanctions lists. Ukrainian war-sanctions material links the company to the shadow fleet context through its management of ARABESCA, but the company itself is not identified there as a sanctioned party.[2][3]

⚠ Red Flags

  • Recent incorporation date (28-Nov-2025) despite association with an active vessel.[1]
  • Entity of interest in OpenSanctions, even though no direct sanctions listing was found.[2]
  • Association with ARABESCA in shadow-fleet reporting context.[3]
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ANCHOR ELITE SHIPMANAGEMENT

ANCHOR ELITE SHIPMANAGEMENT is an Azerbaijan-based ship owner/manager entity identified in maritime sanctions-tracking sources as the ship safety management company for multiple tankers. It appears in open-source sanctions intelligence as a manager associated with vessels linked to Russia-origin oil trading and shadow-fleet activity.

Fleet3 vessel(s)
Beneficial OwnerUnknown. The provided sources do not identify the beneficial owners, parent company, or corporate structure of Anchor Elite Shipmanagement. OpenSanctions lists the entity with IMO number 6462866 and an email address, but no ownership chain.
SanctionsOpen-source sanctions intelligence lists the company as the Ship Safety Management Manager for ARABESCA, LEBRE, and MATARI, all presented in the GUR war-sanctions shadow-fleet database. The ARABESCA entry states the tanker has been involved since 2024 in exporting oil from Russian Baltic Sea ports during the G7/EU embargo and price-cap period. LEBRE is described as a shadow-fleet tanker, with ownership and commercial management transferred to a Seychelles company widely used for shadow-fleet registrations, and its name/flag details are noted as inconsistent in IMO GISIS and operational use. No direct OFAC or EU designation for Anchor Elite Shipmanagement itself was found in the provided results.

⚠ Red Flags

  • Listed in GUR war-sanctions shadow-fleet intelligence as manager of multiple tankers.
  • Associated with ARABESCA, which the source says was used to export oil from Russian Baltic Sea ports during the G7/EU embargo and price-cap period.
  • Associated with LEBRE, where the source notes ownership and commercial management were transferred to a Seychelles company with an address widely used by shadow-fleet owners/managers.
  • Possible identity/flag inconsistency for LEBRE noted between registered name/flag in IMO GISIS and the vessel's operational flag.

Name, Flag & Ownership History

Name Changes (2)
  • Mar 1, 2024
    ARABESCA
  • Jan 1, 2005
    Seabravery
Flag Changes (4)
  • Jun 1, 2025
    🇸🇱 Sierra leone
  • Apr 1, 2025
    🇵🇦 Panama
  • Mar 1, 2024
    🇨🇰 Cook islands
  • Jan 1, 2005
    🇲🇹 Malta
DateCompanyRole
Dec 22, 2025TRIVOS BALLASTER LTDShip manager/Commercial manager
Dec 22, 2025TRIVOS BALLASTER LTDRegistered owner
Mar 20, 2024PEARL CASCADE CORPShip manager/Commercial manager
Mar 20, 2024PEARL CASCADE CORPRegistered owner
Mar 20, 2024ANCHOR ELITE SHIPMANAGEMENTISM Manager
Jul 1, 2015XAGOR MARINE SARegistered owner
Jan 10, 2005THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENTISM Manager
Jan 3, 2005THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENTShip manager/Commercial manager

Media Mentions

Classification & Safety

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping Delivered
36
Total Inspections
0
Detentions

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Data Scope & Currency
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