UK and Japan crack down on Russia’s largest shipping company
The UK and Japan are tightening the net around vessels linked to Sovcomflot: London through new LNG carriers and Tokyo through oil tankers. UK sanctions on Russian LNG shipping are also arriving earlier in a vessel’s life. The 1 October package listed PYOTR STOLYPIN (IMO 9904675) before Kpler recorded any cargo, and KONSTANTIN POSIET (IMO ...
The UK and Japan have intensified their efforts against Russia’s largest shipping company, Sovcomflot, and its associated vessels. London is imposing sanctions on LNG carriers through new measures, while Tokyo is targeting oil tankers. The UK has listed 31 entities, including eight vessels, and Novatek Gas and Power Asia, a Singapore-based chartering arm of Novatek, on its Russia sanctions list.
Meanwhile, Japan has imposed sanctions on individual vessels and frozen assets belonging to 33 Russian entities and nine individuals. These actions target various aspects of Russian shipping, with a focus on vessels owned, operated, or linked to Sovcomflot. The new sanctions aim to curb Russia's LNG exports, even before the vessels have started trading, as they are being listed based on their intended role in Russian LNG projects.
The sanctions come as Arctic LNG 2, Sovcomflot’s new gas carrier, has exported 0.95 million tonnes so far in 2026, almost double its 2025 total.
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