Overview
- SBU officers detained the vessel at Odesa’s commercial port after it arrived under an African flag to load steel pipes.
- Investigators say the sanctioned owner repeatedly renamed the ship and shifted nominal beneficiaries to third countries to evade restrictions.
- Voyage plans, navigation charts, and radio communication logs were seized, documenting calls to ports in occupied territory.
- The ship docked in Sevastopol at least seven times before 2022, including a January 2021 trip carrying nearly 7,000 tonnes of grain to North Africa.
- Criminal proceedings were opened under four articles, and the vessel was arrested for possible transfer to the Asset Recovery and Management Agency.