US EditionUkraine Seizes Russian Shadow Fleet Vessel in Odesa
The vessel made at least seven illegal grain exports from Crimea, with nearly 7,000 tons seized in January 2021, fueling Russia’s sanctioned 'shadow fleet' operations, Ukraine says.
- On Dec. 10, the Security Service of Ukraine detained a vessel from Russia's 'shadow fleet' in the Odesa commercial port that illegally transported grain from occupied Crimea.
- Records show the vessel repeatedly called at Sevastopol, Crimea, and in January 2021 carried nearly 7,000 tons of grain to North Africa.
- SBU investigators searched the vessel and found voyage plans, pilot cards, cartographic materials and radio communication logs showing illegal calls to occupied ports and evasion tactics by the shipowner sanctioned by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
- Ukrainian authorities opened criminal proceedings under four articles of the Criminal Code and arrested the vessel for transfer to ARMA, with the captain and 16 crew members onboard.
- Western partners have stepped up action against the shadow fleet, noting it uses flags of convenience and older, uninsured tankers, complicating sanctions enforcement.
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diarioestrategia.clThe Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) stopped on Wednesday in Odessa a ship of the alleged Russian phantom fleet carrying tons of cereals and other agricultural products from the Crimean peninsula, with possible course to African countries.The owner of the ship is on the blacklist of Ukrainian defence authorities and during these years has tried to circumvent the sanctions with the constant change of name, flag and the supposed contents of the ca…
Ukrainian services detained a ship from the shadow fleet, Russia attacked the gas transmission system in the Odessa region
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced that it had detained a foreign ship in Odessa, which was part of the Russian shadow fleet and was illegally transporting Ukrainian agricultural prod
A dry cargo flying the flag of an African country was arrested at the port of Odessa and, according to the SBU, he had previously visited the port of Sevastopol at least seven times "for illegal export of agro-food for the benefit of the Russian Federation".
Ukrainians have detained a foreign cargo ship and its crew in the port of Odessa. According to the local SBU counterintelligence service, the vessel is part of the Russian shadow fleet and was illegally transporting Ukrainian agricultural products from temporarily occupied Crimea.
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