LEONID PESTRIKOV

Self-propelled dry-cargo single-deck vessel with two cargo holds, with two full-rigged VPCs, of sea and mixed river/sea navigation Volgo-Don max class, designed for transportation of general and bulk cargoes, bundled lumber, round timber, scrap metal, metal in bundles and coils, bulky, long and heavy cargoes, coal, hazardous cargoes and "B" category cargoes.
The vessel is involved in the transportation of Ukrainian grain (wheat) from the temporarily occupied port of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region, in March, April, and May 2025.
The owner and manager of the vessel is a russian company LLC "Alpha" (TIN 6164106688), which specializes in cargo transportation by inland waterways and international sea routes of oversized, long, bulky, heavy cargo from the Mediterranean, Black Sea to the Caspian direction, container board, sawn timber, round timber, steel scrap, metal products, coal, coke, bulk iron, iron ore, steel pipes, grain crops, fodder etc.
Alpha LLC is affiliated with a sanctioned russian company JSC GTLK (TIN 7720261827) - the largest leasing company of aviation, water, railway and city passenger transport in russia, which is included in the list of backbone organizations of the russian economy and controlled by the russian ministry of transport.
In April 2023, USA imposed sanctions on vessels (including the vessel IMO 9922122) related to GTLК and its CEO Ditrikh Yevgeniy Ivanovich.