SH EXPRESS

The vessel has been allegedly implicated in a grain theft scheme involving shipments from the temporarily occupied territory (TOT) of Ukraine.
Between 22 and 26 September 2023, after approaching the Kerch Strait in the Black Sea, the vessel disabled its Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponder and proceeded towards the Sea of Azov, where it docked with the vessel IMO 8326058 to load grain of Ukrainian origin exported from the temporarily occupied port of Mariupol. The vessel IMO 9085443 then proceeded to deliver the cargo to Port Tripoli (Lebanon).
There are indications of links between this vessel and russian or russia-related entities through its management. The commercial manager of the vessel IMO 9085443 is Romarine Europe Ltd, a company registered in Liberia with an office in Greece (1st Floor, 11, Agiou Spyridonos Street, 185 35, Piraeus). Romarine Europe Ltd also operates another vessel, IMO 8418356, which has repeatedly called at seaports in the TOT of Crimea, Ukraine, in violation of Ukrainian legislation.
In August 2019, the vessel IMO 8418356 was moored at the grain terminal of the stevedoring company Avlita in the closed Port Sevastopol, where it was loaded before sailing to Libya. IMO 8418356 has also been implicated in grain exports from Port Sevastopol (TOT of Crimea, Ukraine) to Syria with AIS disabled, the delivery of ilmenite to Port Feodosia (TOT of Crimea, Ukraine), and grain exports from Ports Kerch and Sevastopol to Greece.