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OREL-1

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OREL-1 is an entity of interest. It has not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	OREL-1				[sources]
Build Date	1989				[sources]
Call Sign	`UHTE`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	3104				[sources]
Description	The vessel has been implicated in grain theft schemes involving the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine and is affiliated with the russian Don LLC (ООО "Дон", TIN 7702455026), whose CEO is Alexander Kaysyanovich Cao (TIN 500308318544). Cao is also the CEO of the russian Kama LLC (ООО "Кама", TIN 9702011017, IMO 6141739), which serves as the technical manager of the vessel IMO 9203710. This vessel has made port calls at terminals in the TOT of Crimea, Ukraine, and has been implicated in Ukrainian grain theft and export to Syria and Turkey. According to the Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), as of 15 July 2025, the vessel’s registered name is OREL-1 under the flag of the russian federation. At the same time, the vessel operates "under cover" using the name AYLIN under the flag of Iran.				[sources]
Flag	Russia				[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage	2571				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO8853570`				[sources]
MMSI	`273330080`				[sources]
Past Flags	Cyprus · Malta · Ukraine				[sources]
Type	23				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-09	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2025-10-06

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ukraine	ГУР МО України		-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Don Ltd Person of interest	-	2021-05-25	-

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Source data IDs: ua-ws-vessel-889 · ua-ws-4552297810c28dcd4037af40d10048c99658f601

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