Port of Kaliningrad

🇷🇺 Russia

Baltic Sea · Multi-Purpose Port

🟠 Sanctions program OFAC RUSSIA · EU RUSSIA · UK RUSSIA

Russia is not under a country-wide US embargo, but it is under broad list-based and sectoral sanctions: OFAC's Russia programme (E.O. 14024), the US import bans and the G7 oil price cap (E.O. 14066 and 14071), the EU's successive sanctions packages and UK measures. Hundreds of vessels in the Russian oil trade are individually designated by the US, EU or UK. Screen the vessel, its owner and its cargo; the port call alone does not tell you whether a voyage is prohibited.

🟠 Moderate disruption Estimated arrival delay ~12h · Disruption score 32/100
UN/LOCODE
RUKMX
Country
🇷🇺 Russia
Port Type
Multi-Purpose Port
Ocean Region
Baltic Sea
Latitude
54.7000° N
Longitude
20.4500° E

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Vessels on Sanctions Lists Seen at Kaliningrad

2 of the 9 vessels our AIS feed observed within 25 nm of Kaliningrad between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026 broadcast an IMO number that is on the OFAC, EU, UK or UN sanctions list today. The feed has delivered no positions since 5 Aug 2026, so these figures will not change until it resumes.

VesselIMOListed bySeen
BELOMOR
listed as JI LI I
9384435 EU · UK 16 May 2026 – 4 Aug 2026
MURMAN 9682423 OFAC (since 20 Aug 2021) 19 May 2026 – 31 May 2026

The IMO is the one the ship broadcasts over AIS, a listing may postdate the sighting, and a sighting includes anchorages and canal or strait queues, so it is not proof of a port call. Open a vessel for its full screening record.

Joint War Committee listing

Listed area

Kaliningrad is inside a Joint War Committee listed area (circular JWLA-035, 16 September 2026):

A call here normally needs prior notice to war underwriters and may carry an additional premium; how the listing applies is agreed contract by contract.

Source: Joint War Committee circular JWLA-035, 16 September 2026 (LMA/IUA), JWC Listed Areas for hull war, piracy, terrorism and related perils.

Regional Risk Context — Baltic Sea

Kaliningrad in Russia operates in a semi-enclosed shallow basin with seasonal ice and the strictest environmental regime in commercial shipping. December–April ice coverage requires vessels to meet Finnish-Swedish Ice Class for independent navigation or rely on icebreaker escort, and ice-edge position varies enough between years that conventional deterministic routing models fail. Since 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has transformed the security architecture: NATO maritime presence has increased substantially, and sanctions against Russian energy exports have disrupted traditional traffic patterns. The Baltic is also a designated Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) and Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA), requiring low-sulphur fuel or exhaust gas cleaning systems.

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Sea Distances

Routed sea distances from Kaliningrad to the principal global hubs, computed by ArcNautical's routing engine — around land and through the canals a ship actually uses, not great-circle.

Port State Control Context

Russia is a multi-MoU jurisdiction (its port states participate in more than one regional PSC programme). Vessel-level detention probability for calls at Kaliningrad is computed by ArcNautical's scoring engine using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity rather than a regional aggregate.

Vessel Mix

Limited port-call data — fewer than 10 distinct vessels observed at Kaliningrad between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026. ArcNautical does not publish a vessel-type breakdown for low-traffic ports to avoid statistically misleading percentages. The feed has delivered no positions since 5 Aug 2026, so these figures will not change until it resumes.

Latest Arrivals Recorded at Kaliningrad

The last 10 vessels our AIS feed recorded arriving between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026:

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-08-04 BELOMOR EU · UK 🇷🇺 RU Tanker
2026-06-17 MADDOX 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-06-02 KURSHSKAYA KOSA 🇷🇺 RU Fishing
2026-06-02 RUBIN 🇷🇺 RU Fishing
2026-05-31 MURMAN OFAC 🇷🇺 RU Search & Rescue
2026-05-31 MIR 🇷🇺 RU Sailing
2026-05-29 ONIX 🇷🇺 RU Fishing
2026-05-20 Unknown vessel Unknown
2026-05-19 AKADEMIK N. STRAKHOV 🇷🇺 RU Other

The feed has delivered no positions since 5 Aug 2026, so these figures will not change until it resumes.

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