The vessel belongs to the fleet of the russian sanctioned shipping company Transpetrochart LLC, engaged in providing material support to the sanctioned company JSC Sovfracht - one of the largest independent transport and forwarding companies in russia, which is a key node in the military transport network of russian cargo vessels delivering North Korean weapons to military facilities, which are then transported to weapons warehouses on the western border of russia for use in the war against Ukraine. Vessels of Transpetrochart LLC are involved in the supply of aviation fuel for russian troops in Syria after sanctions were imposed on JSC Sovfracht in September 2016. In September 2019, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel "OT-2077" (current name "Nord").

The vessel is part of the fleet of the sanctioned russian shipping company Transpetrochart LLC (ООО "ТранспетроЧарт"), which has provided material support to the sanctioned company Sovfracht JSC (АО "Совфрахт") – one of the largest independent transport and forwarding companies in russia. Sovfracht functions as a key node in the military transport network of russian cargo vessels delivering North Korean weapons to military facilities, which are subsequently transported to weapons depots on russia’s western border for use in the war against Ukraine. Vessels operated by Transpetrochart LLC have been involved in the supply of aviation fuel for russian forces in Syria following the imposition of sanctions on Sovfracht JSC in September 2016. In September 2019, the United States imposed sanctions on the Passat.

The vessel is a violator of the Crimean sanctions. For the first time, the tanker was recorded as a violator of the Crimean sanctions on May 12, 2017. The vessel delivered 6,500 tons of diesel fuel from Novorossiysk to the Feodosia oil depot (at that time, the Kerch Bridge did not yet exist, and fuel was delivered to the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula by sea). At least 21 such deliveries were recorded before the Kerch Bridge was put into operation (May 2018). The vast majority of deliveries to the temporarily occupied Feodosia were made with a disabled AIS signal, while the ship officially reported that its destination port was the port of Kavkaz (russian federation). The tanker is involved in the supply of petroleum products to the Syrian group of russian troops in the interests of the russian ministry of defense. The vessel regularly delivered gasoline and diesel fuel from the Feodosia oil depot to the Syrian port of Tartus for the purpose of supplying russian troops in Syria, including the russian Navy's "Syrian squadron." The tanker usually turned off its AIS in the Mediterranean Sea as it approached Cyprus, then continued to Tartus with its AIS signal turned off. The ship was used to supply fuel to russian troops in syria after sanctions were imposed on JSC Sovfracht, which manages the tanker. JSC Sovfracht is one of russia's largest transport and forwarding companies and plays a key role in the military transport network of russian cargo ships that deliver North Korean weapons to military facilities, which are then transported to weapons depots on russia's western border for use in the war against Ukraine. In September 2019, USA imposed sanctions on the tanker for providing material support to the sanctioned JSC Sovfracht. On August 4, 2023, the tanker was holed after an attack in the Black Sea south of the Kerch Strait. In June 2025, the ship was involved in transportation between russia and Iran via the Caspian Sea. In June 2025, the ship sailed from the port of Astrakhan to the port of Amirabad.

The vessel is part of the fleet of the sanctioned russian shipping company Transpetrochart LLC (ООО "Транспетроchart"), which has been implicated in providing material support to the sanctioned JSC Sovfracht (АО "Совфрахт") – one of the largest independent transport and forwarding companies in russia, serving as a key node in the military transport network of russian cargo vessels delivering North Korean weapons to military facilities, which are then moved to weapons warehouses on russia’s western border for use in the war against Ukraine. Vessels of Transpetrochart LLC (ООО "Транспетроchart") have been implicated in supplying aviation fuel for russian troops in Syria after sanctions were imposed on JSC Sovfracht (АО "Совфрахт") in September 2016. In September 2019, the USA imposed sanctions on the vessel IMO 8943155.

The vessel is involved in the military logistics network of the russian federation in the interests of the ministry of defense of the russian federation on the territory of Syria, in particular, for the movement of fuel and lubricants (aviation fuel) from/to the point of logistical support of the Navy of the Armed Forces of the russian federation at the ports "Tartus" and "Banyas" (Syria) ) and the port "Kavkaz" (russian federation) with the AIS signal turned off. The involvement of "Yaz", which belongs to the fleet of the russian sanctioned shipping company Transpetrochart LLC, in the supply of aviation fuel for the russian troops in Syria took place after the application of sanctions in September 2016 to JSC "Sovfracht" - one of the largest independent transport and forwarding companies of russia. which acts as a key node in the military transport network of russian cargo vessels that deliver North Korean weapons to military facilities, which are then transported to weapons depots on russia's western border for use in the war against Ukraine. The vessel has been making calls to the ports of TOT Crimea (Ukraine) since 2017, involved in the transportation of petroleum products from the port of Feodosia (TOT Crimea, Ukraine) to Syria (Tartus port) in February 2024, in December 2023 with AIS turned off. In September 2019, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel "Yaz".