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The tanker has been implicated in the export of russian crude oil and petroleum products from russian ports.
Since June 2024, the vessel has been owned and managed by Trinity Shipping LLC (ООО "Тринити Шиппинг", TIN 7813270750), whose primary business activity is maritime freight transport. As of 14 June 2025, the company’s fleet comprises seven additional russian-flagged oil tankers (IMO 9038969, IMO 9166314, IMO 9282986 – under sanctions since May 2025, IMO 9288930 – under sanctions since May 2025, IMO 9585912, IMO 9585924, IMO 9676230). According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), tanker IMO 9676230 was involved in oil supplies to Syria in 2016–2018 and is affiliated with the designated russian company Transpetrochart LLC (ООО "Транспетрочарт", TIN 7825484443).
Transpetrochart LLC is affiliated with the designated russian company Sovfracht JSC (АО "Совфрахт"), one of the largest independent transport and forwarding companies in the russian federation and a key node in the military transport network of russian cargo vessels delivering North Korean weapons to russian military facilities for use in the war against Ukraine. Transpetrochart LLC has also been linked to the supply of jet fuel and oil products from the Feodosia oil depot (TOT of Crimea, Ukraine) to the Syrian port of Tartus in support of the russian military contingent in Syria, including the "Syrian Squadron" of the russian navy.
On 20 May 2025, the European Union imposed sanctions on the tanker, effective 21 May 2025, for transporting crude oil and/or petroleum products originating in, or exported from, the russian federation, while employing irregular and high-risk shipping practices as defined in International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly Resolution A.1192(33).
On 3 June 2025, sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel entered into force.
On 21 July 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel.