IGOR ORLOV

The vessel is affiliated with the russian company Middle-Volga Shipping Company LLC (subject to Ukrainian sanctions), which is a supplier to the sanctioned Rosnefteflot JSC (at least under two contracts worth 94.4 million rubles) within the russian state procurement system. Rosnefteflot JSC is a part of the group of the sanctioned russian PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, a russian state-owned oil and gas company, one of the world's largest oil producers. The main activities of Rosnefteflot JSC are, in particular, chartering of the tanker fleet in favor of Rosneft, organization of river transportation in the interests of Rosneft in the Volga-Don, Azov-Don, Volga and Volga-Baltic basins. The fleet of the company that owns the vessel includes sanctioned vessels.
The tanker, in particular, is involved in bunkering ships in the Kerch Strait area, calls at the port of the TOT of Crimea in Ukraine, and systematically engages in dark activities with AIS shutdown near russian ports in the Sea of Azov, in the Kerch Strait area in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
In September 2024, a tanker bunkered the vessel IMO 9851127 in the Kerch Strait, and also bunkered the tanker IMO 9640554, affiliated with the sanctioned russian company Rosewood Shipping LLC.