Marine vessels

The tanker is intended to be used as one of seven shuttle tankers for year-round supply of Arctic oil from the Novoportovskoye field from the Gulf of Ob to the Nord transshipment complex in the Murmansk seaport for further shipment to larger tankers for export. The vessel is also involved in the transportation of russian Arctic oil from the Novoportovskoye field to China. The tanker is affiliated with the sanctioned PJSC Sovcomflot, russia's largest state-owned shipping company for servicing and supporting offshore hydrocarbon production, transportation of russian crude oil, oil products, and liquefied natural gas. The major 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. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as a property in which the sanctioned russian PJSC Sovcomflot has an interest.

The tanker of the Shturman series was built by order of the sanctioned PJSC Gazprom Neft. The tanker is involved in the transportation of russian oil (Novy Port grade) from the Novoportovskoye oil and gas condensate field (the flagship asset of the sanctioned Gazprom Neft) to the FSO Umba floating oil storage facility through the Arctic Gate oil loading terminal. The tanker is owned and operated by the russian company Gazpromneft Shipping LLC. Gaspromneft Shipping LLC is the shipowner and operator of Arctic tankers, icebreakers and bunkers of the sanctioned Gaspromneft Marine Bunker LLC, a subsidiary of the sanctioned Gazprom Neft PJSC, which is the operator of the bunker business of the sanctioned russian Gazprom Neft PJSC. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as property in which Gazpromneft Marine Bunker LLC has an interest.

The tanker of the Shturman series was built by order of the sanctioned PJSC Gazprom Neft. The tanker is involved in the transportation of russian oil (Novy Port grade) from the Novoportovskoye oil and gas condensate field (the flagship asset of the sanctioned Gazprom Neft) to the FSO Umba floating oil storage facility through the Arctic Gate oil loading terminal. The tanker is owned and operated by the russian company Gazpromneft Shipping LLC. Gaspromneft Shipping LLC is the shipowner and operator of Arctic tankers, icebreakers and bunkers of the sanctioned Gaspromneft Marine Bunker LLC, a subsidiary of the sanctioned Gazprom Neft PJSC, which is the operator of the bunker business of the sanctioned russian Gazprom Neft PJSC. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as property in which Gazpromneft Marine Bunker LLC has an interest.

The icebreaking vessel for production platforms is designed to operate under the Sakhalin-2 project (a project to develop the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil and Lunskoye gas fields offshore Sakhalin Island in Okhotsk Sea). The vessel's tasks are to ensure the safety of personnel of offshore oil and gas production platforms in the Okhotsk Sea, respond to emergency spills at sea, accommodate additional personnel working on offshore oil and gas production platforms, etc. The vessel is affiliated with the sanctioned PJSC Sovcomflot, the largest state-owned shipping company in russia, which provides services and support for offshore hydrocarbon production and transportation of russian crude oil, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas. The major 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. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as a property in which the sanctioned russian PJSC Sovcomflot has an interest.

The tug is owned and operated by the russian sanctioned company RPK Nord LLC (Murmansk). RPK Nord LLC is the owner and operator of the VLCC-class floating storage facility based on the UMBA floating oil storage facility (IMO 9196620, under USA sanctions) with a deadweight of 300,259 metric tons. The UMBA FSO in the Kola Bay is considered a key element of the Arctic russian oil export chain and was created to transship oil from Arctic fields by sanctioned PJSC Gazprom Neft. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the tug as a property in which RPK Nord LLC has an interest.

The multifunctional icebreaking supply vessel is designed to provide year-round service to the Berkut oil production platform offshore the northeastern part of Sakhalin, allowing for the delivery of personnel and drilling equipment to the platform, icebreaking operations, oil spill response operations, etc. The vessel is operated by a shipping company of the sanctioned russian state-owned PJSC Sovcomflot. PJSC Sovcomflot is the largest state-owned shipping company in russia that services and supports offshore hydrocarbon production and the transportation of russian crude oil, oil products, and liquefied gas. The main charterers of PJSC Sovcomflot's vessels are Rrssia'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. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as property in which the sanctioned russian PJSC Sovcomflot has an interest.

The ICE-1A ice-class vessel is russia's first 3D seismic survey vessel designed for three-dimensional survey of the earth's crust and research on the continental shelf of the Arctic seas, and is adapted to work in low temperatures. In 2011-2012, the vessel carried out offshore seismic surveys in the Tuapse Trough area on behalf of Rosneft and Exxon Mobil. The vessel is owned and operated by the shipping companies of the sanctioned russian state-owned company Sovcomflot. PJSC Sovcomflot is the largest state-owned shipping company in russia that services and supports offshore hydrocarbon production and the transportation of russian crude oil, oil products, and liquefied 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. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as property in which the sanctioned russian PJSC Sovcomflot has an interest.

The tug is owned and operated by the russian sanctioned company RPK Nord LLC (Murmansk). RPK Nord LLC is the owner and operator of the VLCC-class floating storage facility based on the UMBA floating oil storage facility (IMO 9196620, under USA sanctions) with a deadweight of 300,259 metric tons. The UMBA FSO in the Kola Bay is considered a key element of the Arctic russian oil export chain and was created to transship oil from Arctic fields by sanctioned PJSC Gazprom Neft. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the tug as a property in which RPK Nord LLC has an interest.

The tanker during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products is actively involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from russian ports in the Black and Baltic seas (Tuapse, Novorossiysk (in particular, from the Sheskharis terminal - a transshipment complex, which is the end point of the main pipelines of JSC Chernomortransneft (TIN 2315072242, under USA sanctions), a subsidiary of the sanctioned PJSC Transneft (TIN 7706061801), Primorsk), including active and prolonged dark activities near russian ports in the Black Sea, near Cyprus. In 2024, a tanker under the command of captains Delara Nel (Maltese nationality) and Nikitopoulos Nikolaos (Greek nationality) transported russian petroleum products from the port of Tuapse to Turkey.

The tanker during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from the russian ports of Primorsk, Murmansk, Ust-Luga, Vysotsk to third countries, in particular with the AIS signal disabled in the Baltic Sea near the russian ports of Vistino, Ust-Luga in the Baltic Sea. In 2024, a tanker under the command of Captain Karydis Konstantinos (Greek nationality) transported russian petroleum products from the port of Ust-Luga to Turkey.

The cargo-passenger ferry, built according to the CNF11CPD project of the Vympel Design Bureau by the vesselbuilders of the Amur vesselyard (part of the russian state vesselbuilding holding company United vesselbuilding Corporation), is registered in the russian international register of vessels. It operates on the Vanino - Kholmsk line. The high ice class Arc5 allows the vessel to operate on the line all year round. It can carry 32 railway cars and 12 trucks, as well as up to 200 passengers. The vessel belongs to the sanctioned russian state company JSC GTLK, controlled by the ministry of transport of the russian federation, specializing in air, sea, rail, passenger transportation, automobile, special equipment for russian companies in the transport industry, investment activities for the development of the transport infrastructure of the russian federation. JSC GTLK is the largest transport leasing company in russia, part of the russian transport network through the leasing of railcars, vessels and aircraft on favorable terms to support russia's development strategy. The CEO of JSC GTLK is a sanctioned Ditrikh Yevgeniy Ivanovich. In April 2023, USA imposed sanctions on vessels, including "Alexander Deev", associated with sanctioned persons Ditrikh Yevgeniy Ivanovich and JSC GTLK. The vessel's safety manager is the russian company JSC SakhPasFlot.

Designed for transportation of general and bulk cargoes, bundled lumber, round timber, scrap metal, metal in bundles and coils, bulky, large, long and heavy cargo, coal, dangerous goods and category "B" cargo (project № RSD59). In April 2023, the vessel was sanctioned by USA due to its ties to the sanctioned russian state-owned company JSC GTLK. JSC GTLK specializes in air, sea, rail, passenger transportation, automotive, special equipment for russian companies in the transport industry, investment activities for the development of the transport infrastructure of russia, controlled by the ministry of transport of russian federation. The CEO of JSC GTLK is a sanctioned Ditrikh Yevgeniy Ivanovich. The owner and manager of the vessel is a russian company Alpha LLC (TIN 6164106688), affiliated with GTLK, specializing in wholesale of liquid, solid, gaseous fuels, wholesale of grain, and maritime cargo transport activities.