GAM EXPRESS

The vessel was involved in numerous cases of exporting Ukrainian grain from the port of Feodosia (TOT Crimea, Ukraine) and the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region to the Turkish port of Samsun with the AIS signal turned off, following the traditional scheme of concealing calls to Ukrainian ports in the TOT of Ukraine.
The russian companies Agrogroup LLC (TIN 4712030355), Vidan LLC (TIN 7715588288), Turkish companies Trans World Agro Tarim İhracat İthalat Li̇mi̇ted Şi̇rketi̇, and Vtc Tarim Urunleri Gida San Ve Tic LTD STI (tax number 9250466444) are involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain by the ship. During 2022-2023, Vtc Tarim Urunleri Gida San Ve Tic LTD STI imported sunflower oil from russia through temporarily occupied Feodosia, where the sender was the russian sanctioned State Unitary Enterprise State Grain Operator (TIN 9001011019). The latter is engaged in the export of agricultural products from the temporarily occupied Melitopol.
On November 25, 2025, Ukraine imposed sanctions on the vessel.