PASSAT

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.