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Spark

IMO Number
9310525
Vessel Type
Crude Oil Tanker
Flag
Palau

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Vessel Specifications

MMSI
511101766
Callsign
T8A5253
Width
44.0 m
Length
249.0 m

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Latest News

Salvage work still underway
Jan 20, 2026

On the morning of Jan 16, the tugs 'Nene Hatun' (IMO: 9675004), 'Kurtarma 16' (IMO: 9915052) and 'Kurtarma 17' (IMO: 9942990) were still working to refloat the grounded 'Qendil' off Habbvele, Boczaada...

Russians with ties to Wagner Group were aboard tanker
Jan 14, 2026

Two Russian nationals with ties to the Wagner Group and the GRU (Russian military intelligence) were discovered aboard the 'Qendil', which was part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet used to circumven...

Russian shadow tanker grounded off Bozcaada
Jan 06, 2026

The Russian shadow fleet tanker 'Qendil' ran aground off Bozcaada island in the Polente area, near the southern entrance of the Dardanelles Strait on Jan 4, 2026, while ballasting from Aliağa to the r...

Tanker struck by drones
Dec 19, 2025

On Dec 19, 2025, the 'Qendil', listed under EU/UK sanctions and associated with Russia’s shadow fleet, was struck by air drones in the Mediterranean Sea. The Ukrainian domestic intelligence service re...

Tanker among sanctioned vessels with fake insurance by Russian operated Romarine AS
Apr 03, 2025

The insurance issued to tankers used by Russia to skirt international sanctions was bogus, according to Norwegian authorities, which are now investigating the Norway-registered Romarine AS, which is b...

One more aframax tanker for Polembros
Oct 14, 2015

Polembros Shipping of Greece is to add another aframax tanker to its fleet of dry and liquid bulk carriers. George Vakirtzis, managing director of the Athens-based family-owned company, confirms to Sp...

Chief engineer belived to have fallen over board
Jul 07, 2014

On July 6, 2014, at 2 p.m. the US Coast Guard received a call from the "Elia" reporting that the 47-old Russian Chief Engineer was missing. He was seen last time at 10.10 a.m., and then disappeared. H...

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