Marine vessels

The vessel is affiliated with Prominent Shipmanagement Limited as the former manager of the vessel, which was sanctioned by USA on January 10, 2025 for its activities in the energy sector of the russian economy. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as a property in which Prominent Shipmanagement Limited has an interest.

The vessel is affiliated with Prominent Shipmanagement Limited, which was the former manager of the vessel. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on Prominent Shipmanagement Limited for its activities in the energy sector of the russian economy. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on a vessel as a property in which Prominent Shipmanagement Limited has an interest.

The tug is part of the fleet of the sanctioned russian JSC Rosnefteflot, a subsidiary of the sanctioned PJSC Rosneft. Rosneft is one of the world's largest hydrocarbon reserves and production companies, specializing in the exploration, production, refining, transportation and sale of oil, natural gas and petroleum products. Rosnefteflot operates 22 vessels for various purposes, the vast majority of which are tugboats. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as a property in which Rosnefteflot JSC has an interest.

The vessel is part of the fleet of the sanctioned russian JSC Rosnefteflot, a subsidiary of the sanctioned PJSC Rosneft. Rosneft is one of the world's largest hydrocarbon reserves and production companies, specializing in the exploration, production, refining, transportation and sale of oil, natural gas and petroleum products. Rosnefteflot operates 22 vessels for various purposes, the vast majority of which are tugboats. On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as a property in which Rosnefteflot JSC has an interest.

The tug is owned and operated by PT. Bintang Samudra Utama (Indonesia), which was sanctioned by the United States on March 13, 2025, for knowingly engaging in significant transactions for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transportation, or marketing of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran. On March 13, 2025, the United States imposed sanctions on the tug as property in which the designated company PT. Bintang Samudra Utama has an interest.

The tug is owned and operated by Shipload Maritime PTE. LTD. (Singapore), which was sanctioned by USA on March 13, 2025 for knowingly engaging in significant transaction for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transportation or marketing of petroleum/petroleum products from Iran. On March 13, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the tug as a property in which the sanctioned company Shipload Maritime PTE. LTD. has an interest.

The tug is owned and operated by PT. Gianira Adhinusa Senatama (Indonesia), which was designated by the United States on 13 March 2025 for knowingly engaging in significant transactions for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran. On the same date, the United States also imposed sanctions on the tug as property in which the designated entity PT. Gianira Adhinusa Senatama holds an interest.

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). Involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain from TOT Crimea (Ukraine). 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.

The vessel is 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). The vessel calls at the ports of the TOT of Ukraine; in 2024-2025, the vessel shipped more than 5,000 tons of coking coal from the temporarily occupied Ukrainian port of Mariupol. The vessel is involved in schemes of stealing Ukrainian grain from the TOT of Ukraine. In particular, in November 2024 and May 2025, the vessel transported wheat from the temporarily occupied port of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region. 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.

Self-propelled dry-cargo single-deck vessel with two cargo holds, with two full-rigged VPCs, of sea and mixed river/sea navigation Volgo-Don max class, designed for transportation of general and bulk cargoes, bundled lumber, round timber, scrap metal, metal in bundles and coils, bulky, long and heavy cargoes, coal, hazardous cargoes and "B" category cargoes. The vessel is involved in the transportation of Ukrainian grain (wheat) from the temporarily occupied port of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region, in March, April, and May 2025. The owner and manager of the vessel is a russian company LLC "Alpha" (TIN 6164106688), which specializes in cargo transportation by inland waterways and international sea routes of oversized, long, bulky, heavy cargo from the Mediterranean, Black Sea to the Caspian direction, container board, sawn timber, round timber, steel scrap, metal products, coal, coke, bulk iron, iron ore, steel pipes, grain crops, fodder etc. Alpha LLC is affiliated with a sanctioned russian company JSC GTLK (TIN 7720261827) - the largest leasing company of aviation, water, railway and city passenger transport in russia, which is included in the list of backbone organizations of the russian economy and controlled by the russian ministry of transport. In April 2023, USA imposed sanctions on vessels (including the vessel IMO 9922122) related to GTLК and its CEO Ditrikh Yevgeniy Ivanovich.

The vessel is designated for transportation of general, bulk cargoes, including grain without bulkheads in holds, bulk cargoes with specific cargo volume not less than 0.85 m³/t, dangerous cargoes, timber and containers of international standard IC and ICC in holds and on hatch covers (project No. 19610). The vessel was involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain from the TOT of Ukraine. It is owned by the sanctioned russian maritime shipping company MG-Flot LLC (previous name Transmorflot LLC). In May 2022, USA imposed sanctions on Transmorflot LLC and its vessels involved in the transportation of weapons for the russian federation. MG-Flot LLC is linked to Astrakhan businessman Pashayev Jamaldin Emirmagomedovich, who built his business around the commercial port of Olya in the Astrakhan region. This place was proposed as a key logistic hub of the international transport corridor "North-South", the creation and construction of which was supervised and controlled by former russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The key purpose of the transportation corridor was to trade with sanctioned Iran, which could import and export goods via the North-South route.

The vessel can carry any type of lumber, logs, bulk grain, Class A and Class C cargo, and general cargo, except for cargo classified under the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code. Since December 2023, the vessel has been operating on the St. Petersburg– Kaliningrad route, transporting goods prohibited for rail transit by Lithuania. In June 2024, the vessel made its first call at the closed port of Sevastopol (temporarily occupied territory – TOT of Crimea, Ukraine) with its Automatic Identification System (AIS) disabled, and also called at the port of Feodosiya (TOT of Crimea, Ukraine). In October and December 2024, the vessel was involved in transporting wheat from the temporarily occupied port of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region (Ukraine). In January 2025, the vessel was present in Sevastopol Bay and Komyshova Bay with AIS disabled. The vessel is affiliated with the sanctioned russian company OJSC Northern Shipping Company (ОАО "Северное морское пароходство", TIN 2901008432), which provides services under state defence contracts for the transportation of goods on behalf of the russian ministry of defence. Since 2014, the company has been an active participant in a major logistics chain for the development of infrastructure in the Arctic under contracts with the russian ministry of defence. OJSC Northern Shipping Company also conducts maritime cargo transportation under contract for the sanctioned State Grain Operator State Unitary Enterprise (ГУП "Государственный зерновой оператор", TIN 9001011019), registered in the TOT of Zaporizhzhia region, Melitopol. In May 2022, the United States imposed sanctions on OJSC Northern Shipping Company and 27 of its vessels, including the vessel IMO 8904379, due to their involvement in the military logistics sector of the russian federation, transporting tanks and other military equipment for the russian armed forces.