ASOMATOS

The vessel is involved in schemes to steal grain from Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories.
Specifically, on March 21, 2026 the vessel, while anchored in the port of Kavkaz (russian federation), transshipped 26,900 tons of wheat via STS transfer from the bulk carriers SIBERIA (IMO 9239458) and VOLGO BALT 205 (IMO 8230338), which had previously been loaded at the temporarily occupied Feodosia Commercial Sea Port. After loading, the vessel sailed to the port of Alexandria (Egypt). The cargo exporter is the russian company Agro-Fregat LLC (TIN 6141055691), which has repeatedly been involved in operations to export grain from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Despite repeated warnings from Ukraine, Egypt allowed the vessel to unload 26,900 tons of grain, exported from Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories, at the port of Abu Qir.
Since May 2022, the vessel has been loaded in russian territorial waters, specifically at the port of Novorossiysk or in nearby roadsteads, via STS transfers from small feeder vessels that call at ports in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories. The vessel unloads at ports in Egypt and Israel. According to available information, in January 2026, the vessel IMO 9289855 loaded 27,500 tons of wheat at the port of Kavkaz; port of discharge - Haifa (Israel); the shipper of the grain cargo was the russian company OOO "Petrokhleb-Kuban" on behalf of Strategic Grain Management LLC. In April 2026, the vessel exported nearly 27,000 tons of wheat from the port of Kavkaz; the port of discharge - Beirut; the shipper of the grain cargo was the russian company Agro-Fregat LLC (TIN 6141055691), which is subject to Ukrainian sanctions and involved in schemes to steal grain from Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories.
On August 14, 2026, Ukraine imposed sanctions on the vessel.