ELENA II

According to the database of the Global Integrated Shipping Information System of the International Maritime Organization (IMO’s GISIS), as of July 22, 2025, the registered name of the vessel is ELENA II, with the flag listed as unknown. At the same time, the vessel operates under the name Panagia and sails under the flag of the russian federation.
According to the russian public procurement system, as of September 2024, the owner of the vessel IMO 8647751 is the sanctioned Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rosmorport (TIN 7702352454, under sanctions by the United States and Ukraine). Based on contractual documents dated September 2024 with the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rosmorflot, the russian company Maritime Transport Company–Taman LLC (TIN 2352054548) provides comprehensive maintenance services for the car-passenger ferry IMO 8647751 within the water areas of the seaports of Kavkaz and Kerch (temporarily occupied territory (TOT) of Crimea, Ukraine), acting as the vessel’s maritime agent.
Under the contract, Maritime Transport Company–Taman LLC is responsible for arranging the vessel’s arrivals and departures at the seaports of Kavkaz and Kerch, providing tug assistance, pilotage, mooring operations, and port berthing. The purpose of the vessel’s port calls at Kerch and Kavkaz is to perform regular cargo and passenger ferry crossings via the Kerch Ferry Line along the routes: port of Kerch – port of Kavkaz and port of Kavkaz – port of Kerch.
In February 2025, vessel IMO 8647751 made its first call to the temporarily occupied port of Sevastopol, departing from Sevastopol Bay in June 2025. The vessel’s AIS signal has been turned off since August 2024.
Port of registry: Novorossiysk.