Sea vessels

The vessel is involved in numerous cases of theft of Ukrainian grain from the ports of Feodosia, Sevastopol (TOT of Crimea, Ukraine) with the AIS signal turned off to Syria, Turkey, Egypt through the Bosphorus strait according to the "traditional" scheme of concealing activities to Ukrainian ports at the TOT of Ukraine, as well as in importing to the port of Sevastopol (TOC Crimea, Ukraine) from Bulgaria ilmenite for the Ukrainian plant "Crimean Titan" captured by russia at the TOT Crimea (Ukraine). In 2015, USA imposed sanctions on three vessels of the Syrian state company Syrian General Organization for Maritime Transport, including the "Souria" (current name "San Damian").

The vessel is involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain from the ports of the TOT of Crimea (Ukraine) with AIS disabled. In particular, in the period 22-23 March, 02-05 April 2024, the vessel was in the port of Sevastopol with AIS switched off. On 23 March 2024, the vessel departed the port of Sevastopol loaded with wheat, indicating its destination as the port of Kavkaz (russia). On 05 April 2024, the vessel departed Sevastopol with wheat on board. Since 2022, the vessel has been involved in the Bronka-Kaliningrad ferry service (connection between Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions.

Since the spring of 2022, it has been involved in the systematic theft of Ukrainian grain from the TOT of Ukraine (Sevastopol) and its export to third countries (in particular, Syria) with the AIS signal switched off, using a scheme to conceal the fact that the ship entered a closed Crimean port in violation of the state borders of Ukraine. The bulk carrier was repeatedly spotted near the grain terminals of the ports of Sevastopol and Feodosia. Ukraine has served a notice of suspicion to the ship's master, who, in violation of Ukrainian legislation and international maritime law, made illegal calls/exits to/from the closed Sevastopol Commercial Sea Port. The Ukrainian court also arrested the Matros Pozynich in absentia. The sender of the grain is the russian company Pallada LLC (TIN: 6161095847), founded on 03 February 2022, which specialises in the wholesale trade of grain and is involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain from the TOT of Crimea by other vessels, including ‘Grumant’ (IMO 9385879), ‘Mikhail Nenashev’ (IMO 9515539), etc. The vessel is affiliated with the sanctioned russian state-owned shipbuilding holding United Shipbuilding Corporation (TIN: 7838395215) through JSC Southern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Centre (TIN: 3023004670, under Ukrainian sanctions), which is the founder of the company that owns the vessel ‘Matros Pozynich’.

The vessel is involved in numerous cases of export of Ukrainian grain from the temporarily occupied port of Mariupol (TOT of Ukraine). The vessel was captured on russian propaganda videos from the temporarily occupied port of Mariupol during the process of loading grain onto several russian vessels ‘STK-1003’ (IMO 8326058), ‘STK-1016’ (IMO 8521880), ‘Mezhdurechensk’ (IMO 8948167). The vessel is owned by the russian company Remote Marine Terminal LLC (TIN: 7810707496). Several companies loaded grain onto the russian vessels: - Santrade LLC (formerly Sanagro LLC, TIN: 6168119060, Rostov-on- Don), which specialises in the wholesale of grain, unprocessed tobacco, seeds and feed for farm animals. In 2023, the company loaded Ukrainian wheat on all three vessels. The founder of Santrade LLC, Mishchuk M.Y., is the founder of three other companies registered in the TOT of Donetsk region and trading in agricultural crops (mainly grain), namely: AF Agroservice LLC (TIN: 9306001978), Aleksandrovskoye LLC (TIN: 9312009862) and Donagroalliance LLC (TIN: 9309020224), as well as a metallurgical enterprise - Donetsk Foundry LLC (TIN: 9308024353); - Zorka Food LLC (TIN: 9721152398, Moscow), which specialises in the wholesale trade of food, grain, etc; - Asta Group LLC (TIN: 9303017257, TOT of Donetsk), specialising in the wholesale of grain, unprocessed tobacco, seeds and feed for farm animals. The founder of Asta Group LLC, Asatryan R. N., owns Farm Agro-Soyuz LLC (TIN: 9500011198, TOT of Kherson region), which specialises in growing cereals (except rice), legumes, and oilseeds; Complex Supply Don LLC (TIN: 6166085722, Rostov-on-Don), which specialises in the production of vehicle bodies and non-specialised trade.

Violating the state borders of Ukraine, the vessel repeatedly entered Ukrainian ports on the TOT of Ukraine (Sevastopol, Feodosia) and transported stolen Ukrainian grain. anchorage until 03.08.2023, after which it indicated in AIS the port of destination as the russian Caucasus and headed to the Black Sea. On August 11, 2023, the vessel arrived at Tortuga, an uncontrolled parking lot in the neutral waters of the Black Sea. On August 23, 2023, the vessel turned off AIS and headed for the Crimean coast near occupied Sevastopol. On August 25, 2023, the vessel entered the Sevastopol Bay, moored near the grain terminal of the stevedoring company "Avlita" in Dokov Bay. On August 28, 2023, the vessel left occupied Sevastopol after loading at the Avlita grain terminal. On 31.08.2023, the vessel turned on AIS again, indicating the port of destination Alexandria (Egypt) and changed the status to "loaded". On 09.09.2023, the vessel was waiting at the destination of the port "Alexandria" (Egypt) at parking lot No. А14. In addition, the vessel made a visit to occupied Feodosia in order to load a large batch of sunflower seeds exported from the TOT of the Zaporizhzhia region. The vessel arrived in the Black Sea on October 28, 2023, from the Turkish port of Gulliuk, loaded with feldspar. The vessel went to the port "Novorossiysk" where it unloaded the cargo. After leaving Novorossiysk, the vessel directed its course to Feodosia, where it arrived on 03.12.2023. The vessel was in Feodosia until December 29, 2023. The vessel left the port of Feodosia on 28-29/12/2023, indicating the port of destination Bandirma (Turkey). In 2024, the vessel makes regular calls to the Kerch Strait area, a region of raid grain transshipment. In 2015, USA imposed sanctions on three vessels of the Syrian state company Syrian General Organization for Maritime Transport, including the Laodicea (currently known as San Cosmas).

The vessel is involved in the theft and export of Ukrainian grain from the ports of the TOT of Ukraine with the automatic identification system of the vessel disabled. In mid-September 2022, the Syrian-flagged vessel was one of the first to export 2,500 tonnes of Ukrainian grain to Turkey, which was loaded in the port of the temporarily occupied Berdiansk. The vessel calls at the ports of the TOT of Ukraine (Sevastopol, Kamysh-Burun), delivering construction mixtures from Turkey, and operates ilmenite voyages, delivering raw materials for the russian-seized Crimean Titan titanium enterprise from the Turkish port of Ambarli. The vessel has a history of frequently changing its name, ownership and management to circumvent sanctions imposed on it and continue to operate along established routes. In May 2023, the United States imposed sanctions on the vessel for assisting in the theft of Ukrainian grain and regularly disabling the vessel's automatic identification system to conceal its location and the origin of the cargo being transported.

The vessel is involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain from the port of Sevastopol (TOT Crimea, Ukraine) with AIS disabled. In particular, the vessel was at the berth of Dokova Bay on 13 March 2024 loading grain, and between 31 March and 04 April 2024 with AIS switched off. On 04 April, the vessel left the port of Sevastopol loaded with grain (barley) and headed for a transshipment area in the Kerch Strait.

The vessel is involved in numerous cases of theft of Ukrainian grain, removal of scrap metal from the port of Sevastopol (TOT Crimea, Ukraine) with the AIS signal turned off to Syria (ports of Latakia, Tartus), Lebanon (port of Tripoli) through the Bosphorus strait according to the traditional scheme of concealing activities to Ukrainian ports on the TOT of Ukraine. In the theft of Ukrainian grain by the vessel "San Severus" (former name "Finikia"), the russian companies "Agrograinexport" LLC (Moscow, TIN 7734462851, affiliated with the sanctioned party Gennady Timchenko), Kuban-Forward LLC (Krasnodar, TIN 2308103203). In 2015, USA imposed sanctions on three vessels of the Syrian state company Syrian General Organization for Maritime Transport, including the "Finikia" (current name "San Severus").

It was involved in numerous cases of exporting Ukrainian grain from the port of Feodosia (TOT Crimea, Ukraine) and the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region to the Turkish port of Samsun with the AIS signal turned off, following the traditional scheme of concealing calls to Ukrainian ports in the TOT of Ukraine. The vessel was repeatedly recorded by the Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Strategic Studies Institute and the BlackSeaNews editorial board as having entered the ports of the TOT of Crimea in violation of Ukrainian legislation and international sanctions. The russian companies Agrogroup LLC (TIN 4712030355), Vidan LLC (TIN 7715588288), Turkish companies Trans World Agro Tarim İhracat İthalat Li̇mi̇ted Şi̇rketi̇, and Vtc Tarim Urunleri Gida San Ve Tic LTD STI (tax number 9250466444) are involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain by the ship. During 2022-2023, Vtc Tarim Urunleri Gida San Ve Tic LTD STI imported sunflower oil from russia through temporarily occupied Feodosia, where the sender was the russian sanctioned State Unitary Enterprise State Grain Operator (TIN 9001011019). The latter is engaged in the export of agricultural products from the temporarily occupied Melitopol.

The vessel is involved in schemes to transship russian oil products in the Black and Azov Seas by bunkering other vessels. In particular, the vessel bunkered ships: ‘Alfa M’ (IMO 9419084), involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain from the TOT of Crimea, schemes for the delivery of ilmenite from the port of Constanta (Romania) to the TOT of Crimea through unloading it in Turkey, 'Am Calypso' (IMO 9715270, formerly “Zaid"), involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain from the ports of the TOT of Crimea and its export to Iran and Syria, etc. The vessel also bunkered the tanker ‘New Trust’ (IMO 9274812), affiliated with the Greek company New Shipping Ltd-LIB. The tanker makes frequent calls to the ports of the TOT of Crimea (Port of Krym).

The vessel is involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain from the port of Sevastopol (TOT Crimea, Ukraine) with AIS disabled. In particular, the vessel was in Sevastopol between 15 and 22 March 2024, and in Komyshov Bay between 31 March and 04 April 2024 with AIS switched off. On 04 April, the vessel left the port of Sevastopol loaded with sunflower meal and bran. Since 2022, the vessel has been involved in the Bronka-Kaliningrad ferry service (a connection between the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions.

The vessel calls at the ports of the TOT of Crimea, delivering products, including salt, from the port of Ereğli (Turkey). Thus, while in the Turkish port from 29 March to 03 April 2024, the vessel loaded about 2,000 tonnes of salt in big bags and, after leaving the port on 03 April 2024, switched off AIS and headed for the coast of the TOT of Crimea. The vessel arrived in Komyshovaya Bay on 05 April 2024 and was moored at berth 215. According to the schedule of vessels' deployment and movement in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, on 09 April 2024, the vessel sailed back to the port of Ereğli without cargo. On 10 April 2024, the AIS signal was restored off the coast of Turkey. The vessel docked at the same anchorage in the port of Ereğli where it was loaded with the salt cargo. On 15 April 2024, the vessel is likely to have once again headed to the port of Sevastopol with a new batch of salt.