"Justice For Myanmar calls for new and coordinated sanctions on junta’s aviation fuel supply chain", 23 February 2026

Justice For Myanmar calls on the EU, UK, Canadian, US and Australian governments to immediately impose new targeted and coordinated sanctions against vessels and companies involved in the illegal Myanmar junta’s aviation fuel supply chain and ensure aviation fuel exports to Myanmar are banned.

The continued trade in aviation fuel with the military junta is sustaining the junta’s aerial campaign of terror against the people of Myanmar, which involved an unprecedented number of airstrikes in 2025 alone, ahead of the junta’s preparation for its sham election. These airstrikes destroy schools, hospitals and whole communities, kill children and drive mass displacement…

Recent publications by Amnesty International and Reuters provide new evidence that these imports are now being enabled by the supply of aviation fuel from Iran’s “shadow fleet”…

…, Justice For Myanmar calls for sanctions on the following vessels for their role in transporting aviation fuel to Myanmar:

1. BARAAWE 1 (previously named MT. HUITONG 78 / ZHOU HAI YOU 78), IMO Number 9646479, which delivered 9 shipments of aviation fuel to Myanmar in 2023 and 2024.
2. LS MERCURY (previously named MT. YONG SHENG 56), IMO Number 9657507, which delivered a shipment of aviation fuel to Myanmar in 2024.
3. REEF (previously named BALTIC HORIZON and PETRA), IMO Number 9263382, which delivered three shipments of aviation fuel to Myanmar in 2024 and 2025.
4. NOBLE (previously named ASTRA, TRAA3 and HURON), IMO Number 9162928, which delivered four shipments of aviation fuel to Myanmar in 2025…

To counter tactics of sanctions evasion and send a strong message of deterrence, Justice For Myanmar also calls for sanctions on the owners and managers of the above vessels, based on publicly available information, in addition to a fuel terminal and the junta’s central body for aviation fuel import, storage and distribution, based on public information:

1. Abu Marine Co. Ltd., domiciled in the Marshall Islands, is the owner of BARAAWE 1.
2. Pacific Light Operation and Ship Management, domiciled in the UAE, is the ISM manager of BARAAWE 1.
3. Allsea Management JSC, domiciled in Vietnam, is the commercial manager and ISM manager of MERCURY.
4. Legendsea Co. Ltd., domiciled in Vietnam, is the owner of MERCURY.
5. Sea Route Ship Management FZE, domiciled in the UAE, is the ISM manager and commercial manager of NOBLE and REEF.
6. Amethyst Maritime Ventures SA, domiciled in the UAE, is the owner of REEF.
7. Sea Hill Maritime SA, domiciled in the UAE, is the owner of NOBLE. Amethyst Maritime Ventures SA and Sea Hill Maritime SA are registered at the same address in the Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah.
8. Hai Linh Co. Ltd., a Vietnamese company that operates Cai Mep Petroleum Terminal, which Amnesty International found to have been used to transship aviation fuel to Myanmar and obscure its real destination.
9. Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise (MPE), a state-owned enterprise illegally controlled by the military junta that controls the aviation fuel supply chain in Myanmar, operates the Mann Refinery which produces aviation fuel, and jointly owns businesses that import, store and distribute aviation fuel with the heavily sanctioned Myan Oil group (formerly known as Shoon and Asia Sun).

… Justice For Myanmar spokesperson Yadanar Maung says: "A supply chain that stretches from Vietnam to Iran is fuelling the Myanmar military’s international crimes, enabling airstrikes that terrorise the people of Myanmar…