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The vessel is involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain from the Avlita grain terminal in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol (TOT Crimea, Ukraine) in July, August2022 for transshipment to the russian port of Kavkaz, as well as from the port of Kerch (TOT Crimea, Ukraine).
The Ukrainian court served the captain of the vessel with a notice of suspicion. The captain of the vessel made seven calls to the closed commercial seaports of Sevastopol and Kerch (TOT Crimea) to load the looted Ukrainian grain, periodically turned off the AIS and entered fictitious information about the course of the vessel, which was allegedly heading to russian ports, rather than to the closed seaports of TOT Crimea.
The Turkish agricultural company Bek Tarim, the russian company Fast LLC (TIN: 2376000774), and Petrokhleb-Kuban LLC (TIN: 2310109650) are involved in the export of Ukrainian grain by ship. The vessel is managed by Kuban Marine Company LLC (TIN: 2310213041), a russian company affiliated with Petrokhleb-Kuban LLC. Kuban Maritime Company operates three other vessels that make illegal voyages to the closed ports of the TOT of Crimea.
The vessel was also involved in a scheme to smuggle ilmenite with AIS disabled for the Crimean Titanium plant seized by the TOT of Crimea through overloading in the Black Sea for delivery to the port of Kerch (TOT of Crimea).
The vessel has been in violation of Ukrainian law and the so-called ‘Crimean sanctions’ since 2015. The vessel has been making numerous calls to the port of Kerch (TOT Crimea) since 2015, including a raid transshipment in the Kerch Strait.