Marine Vessels

Arc4 ice-class vessel:
— included in the list of vessels (specified by Decree of the Government of the russian federation No. 435 of March 14, 2019) flying the flags of foreign states, which are permitted until December 30, 2043 (inclusive) to carry out maritime transportation of natural gas (including in liquefied form) and gas condensate extracted in the russian federation and loaded onto the specified vessels in the seaport of Sabetta to the first point of unloading or transshipment (including in the seaports of Murmansk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky);
— has a permit (No. P075-00172-77/02306762) to navigate in the waters of the Northern Sea Route along the route: western/eastern border of the Northern Sea Route — port of Sabetta — eastern/western border of the Northern Sea Route;
— has a contract under the Yamal LNG project.
The tanker is owned by Cdbl Planet Ltd (Hong Kong), a subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDBL), which specializes in ship leasing.
Since October 15, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker in connection with the transportation of goods from russia to a third country, which could contribute to the destabilization of Ukraine or undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty, or independence of Ukraine.

Arc4 ice-class vessel:
— included in the list of vessels (specified by Decree of the Government of the russian federation No. 435 of March 14, 2019) flying the flags of foreign states, which are permitted until December 30, 2043 (inclusive) to carry out maritime transportation of natural gas (including in liquefied form) and gas condensate extracted in the russian federation and loaded onto the specified vessels in the seaport of Sabetta to the first point of unloading or transshipment (including in the seaports of Murmansk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky);
— has a permit (No. P075-00172-77/03065079) to sail in the waters of the Northern Sea Route along the route: western/eastern border of the Northern Sea Route — port of Sabetta — eastern/western border of the Northern Sea Route;
— has a contract under the Yamal LNG project.
The tanker is owned by Cdbl Ocean Ltd (Hong Kong), a subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDBL), which specializes in ship leasing.
Since October 15, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker in connection with the transportation of goods from russia to a third country, which could contribute to the destabilization of Ukraine or undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty, or independence of Ukraine.

The tanker, which is involved in the export of Russian liquefied natural gas, uses deceptive, high-risk shipping practices.
In particular, in December 2025, the tanker loaded LNG from the sanctioned medium-tonnage project Gazprom LNG Portovaya.
The gas carrier manipulated AIS data in March, April, and May 2025, showing that it was off the coast of South Korea and then anchored in Aniva Bay. According to satellite data, the ship was not where its AIS data indicated. Aniva Bay is located in the russian Far East, north of Japan. LNG is exported from this region from the Sakhalin-2 project. Approximately 1,130 nautical miles east of Sakhalin-2, PJSC NOVATEK operates a sanctioned floating LNG storage facility (IMO 9915105) in the Kamchatka area, which stores LNG transshipped from the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas, including the Arctic LNG-2 and Yamal LNG terminals. It is possible that during the period of AIS signal manipulation, the tanker was loading from the sanctioned floating LNG storage facility (IMO 9915105).
On February 24, 2026, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel.

The tanker is involved in the transportation of russian LNG from sanctioned projects using deceptive, high-risk shipping practices (AIS spoofing).
In October 2025, the tanker transshipped russian LNG from the sanctioned tanker IMO 9630028, which had previously loaded LNG from the sanctioned medium-tonnage project Gazprom LNG Portovaya. AIS data from IMO 9307205 indicates that it falsified its location (spoofing) from October 13 to 18, 2025, while tanker IMO 9630028 did not transmit any AIS signals from October 15 to 24, 2025.
On February 24, 2026, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel.