MUSA JALIL

It was involved in transportation of military cargoes (ammunition, shells, armored vests and helmets) from Iran to russia via the Caspian Sea with AIS disconnection. The vessel is also mentioned as being involved in trade cooperation between Iran and russia.
From July 2022 to June 2023, the russian-flagged vessel called 15 times at the Iranian ports of Amirabad, Nowshahr, Astara, Anzali, from which it departed for the russian port of Astrakhan and in the opposite direction.
The Iranian port of Amirabad is the key point of Iranian drone shipments to russia. Drones are delivered from Tehran to the Iranian port of Amirabad, from where they are transported by sea to Makhachkala, and then by airplanes and ground transportation to launching airfields near the Ukrainian border - Seshcha at the north, in the Bryansk region, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk at the south, in the Krasnodar region.
There is a practice of incorrect display of the vessel's load, in some voyages it is impossible to identify the place of loading/unloading. The vessel practises disconnection of AIS near the port, as a result of which the port call is not recorded.
The owner of the vessel is the russian LLC "Declaration Firm "VTS-Broker" (TIN 3017037318), which is part of the structure of "VTS Group of Companies", positioned as the largest freight forwarder in the Astrakhan region in the market of transportation and logistics services for general, tare and piece cargoes and containers in russia and the Caspian littoral states. The company's fleet includes seven dry-cargo vessels. Among the company's main clients are sub-sanctioned russian PJSC Mechel (TIN 7703370008), Gazprom Dobycha Astrakhan LLC (TIN 3006006420).
On 10 September 2024, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel.
On February 21, 2025, Canada imposed sanctions on the vessel.