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The tanker is affiliated with the sanctioned Rosneft Oil Company, as well as through related companies, including the sanctioned Sun Ship Management, SCF Management Serv-Cyp (Cyprus), affiliated with the sanctioned Sovcomflot, the largest state-owned shipping company in russia that services and supports offshore hydrocarbon production, transportation of russian crude oil, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas. The main charterers of PJSC Sovcomflot's vessels are russia's largest oil and gas companies and traders. PJSC Sovcomflot is involved in servicing major oil and gas projects in russia: Sakhalin-1, Sakhalin-2, Varandey, Prirazlomnoye, Novy Port, Yamal LNG and others. After the sanctions were imposed, Sovcomflot transferred dozens of vessels to the ownership of companies it had set up, including in foreign jurisdictions, in order to circumvent them, and began the practice of constantly “juggling” (transferring) vessels to related companies. Tankers “re-registered” by Sovcomflot to related companies continue to participate in the transportation of russian fossil fuels under Western sanctions.
The tanker calls at the port of Talagi, where the facilities of Rosneft's asset (formerly Arkhangelsknefteprodukt) are located.
On February 24, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker as part of restrictions on the russian shadow fleet.