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The tanker has been implicated in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products.
The owner and manager of the tanker since 2019 is the russian company Trinity Shipping LLC (ООО "Тринити Шиппинг", TIN 7813270750), whose main activity is sea freight transport. As of June 14, 2025, the company’s fleet includes seven additional oil tankers (IMO 9038969, IMO 9585912 — under sanctions since June 2025, IMO 9282986 — under sanctions since May 2025, IMO 9288930 — under sanctions since May 2025, IMO 9105140 — under sanctions since May 2025, IMO 9585924, IMO 9676230) sailing under the russian flag.
Among them is the tanker IMO 9676230, which, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), was implicated in oil supply deliveries to Syria in 2016–2018. This vessel is affiliated with the russian company Transpetrochart LLC (ООО "ТранспетроЧарт", TIN 7825484443, under U.S. sanctions).
Transpetrochart LLC is affiliated with the sanctioned russian company JSC Sovfracht (АО "Совфрахт"), one of the largest independent freight forwarding companies in russia, which serves as 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 associated with the supply of jet fuel and oil products from the Feodosia oil depot to the Syrian port of Tartus for use by russian military forces in Syria, including the so-called "Syrian squadron" of the russian navy.
On June 17, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker in connection with the transportation of crude oil/petroleum products of russian origin from russia to third countries.
Since December 13, 2025, Ukraine has imposed sanctions on the vessel.
On February 24, 2026, Australia imposed sanctions on the vessel.
On April, 2026, the EU imposed sanctions on the vessel.