Marine vessels

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 tanker is involved in the energy sector of the russian federation, engaged in the export of russian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the russian ports of Ust-Luga and the Taman transshipment complex handling crude oil, petroleum products, and LPG.

The ice-class supply vessel is part of the transport and technological system of the Prirazlomnoye project, and is on emergency rescue duty near the Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resistant stationary platform, an oil platform producing crude oil on the russian Arctic shelf and designed to develop the Prirazlomnoye field in the Pechora Sea. The platform is operated by the sanctioned company Gazprom Neft Shelf LLC (a subsidiary of the sanctioned PJSC Gazprom Neft). On May 09, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel IMO 9451642 for activities the purpose or effect of which is to benefit or support the russian government.

The dredger is involved in the construction of a russian offshore liquefied natural gas transshipment complex, in particular in the Kamchatka Territory. The offshore transshipment complex is designed to transship LNG delivered by ice-enhanced LNG carriers, as well as to store LNG in floating storage facilities for short-term storage and to ship LNG to ships that do not have ice reinforcement. On May 20, 2025, the EU imposed sanctions, which enter into force on May 21, 2025, on the vessel for promoting or supporting actions/policies aimed at the exploitation, development or expansion of the energy sector in russia, including energy infrastructure. On June 03, 2025, the sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel came into force.

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.

The vessel is one of the flagships of Kaliningrad maritime logistics (russia), operating on the Ust-Luga – Baltiysk route. It is capable of transporting up to 140 units of rolling cargo and railway wagons per voyage. Since August 2023, the vessel has been owned and managed by the designated russian entity FSUE Rosmorport (ФГУП "Росморпорт", TIN 7702352454). Previously, the vessel was owned by the designated russian company JSC GTLK (АО "ГТЛК", TIN 7720261827), the largest leasing company in russia for air, maritime, rail, and urban passenger transport. GTLK is included on the list of systemically important entities of the russian economy. From 2018 to 2022, the vessel was managed by the designated entity Oboronlogistika LLC (ООО "Оборонлогистика", TIN 7718857267), which has been integrated into the military construction complex of the russian ministry of defence since 2015. Its role is to ensure the guaranteed logistical support of the ministry’s needs in the fields of transportation, storage, and production of military and special-purpose goods. Oboronlogistika LLC is the cargo operator for the Ust-Luga – Baltiysk railway ferry line and has been designated by the government of the russian federation as the sole provider of maritime transport services for the ministry of defence to and from the Kaliningrad region. The vessel is maintained by russian companies CJSC Kanonerskiy Shiprepairing Yard (ЗАО "Канонерский судоремонтный завод", TIN 7805377436) and JSC Kronstadt Marine Plant (АО "Кронштадтский морской завод", TIN 7843003128), the latter being subject to sanctions imposed by the United States, New Zealand, and Ukraine. In April 2023, the United States imposed sanctions on several vessels, including the Baltiysk, affiliated with JSC GTLK (АО "ГТЛК") and its CEO Yevgeniy Ivanovich Ditrikh.