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BABYLON

Maritime detention · Shadow fleet · Person of interest
TypeVessel[sources]
NameBABYLON[sources]
Build Date · [sources]
Call SignJ5AS2[sources]
DescriptionSince December 2022, the vessel has been affiliated with the Turkish company Alemax Denizcilik ve Gemi Isletmeciligi Ticaret Limited Sirketi, established in 2022 by russian national Alexander Alekseev (Александр Алексеев). · The vessel has been implicated in schemes involving the theft of Ukrainian grain from the temporarily occupied territory (TOT) of Crimea (Ukraine). Specifically, it conducted ship-to-ship (STS) loading operations in the Kerch Strait from the russian-flagged vessels IMO 8721272 and IMO 8959219, both of which were arrested in absentia by a Ukrainian court for participating in the transportation of Ukrainian grain stolen by russia from TOT Ukraine. · Throughout 2024, the vessel has continued to regularly engage in dark activity in the Kerch Strait transshipment area – a location that, since 2023, has been actively used by russia for STS transfers with other vessels, particularly to "egalise" stolen Ukrainian grain and re-export it to third countries under the guise of grain of russian origin.[sources]
FlagGuinea-Bissau[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage24773[sources]
IMO NumberIMO8902474[sources]
MMSI630001156[sources]
Past FlagsCyprus · Panama[sources]
Previous nameAk Ceren · Almi · Horasan · Petra II · Sayany[sources]
Tonnage42284[sources]
TypeBulk Carrier · Bulk carrier[sources]
Source linkgisis.imo.org · magicport.ai · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.lloydslist.com · www.vesselfinder.com[sources]
Last changeLast processedFirst seen

Descriptions

Theft of Ukrainian grain

Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Cargo transportation from/to ТОТ of Ukraine

Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Relationships

Data sources

Black Sea MoU Detention List2,067

Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Black Sea MoU region.

Global · BSMOU

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,358

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR


Source data IDs: ua-ws-518b3e3e0abd4cda01ff9da9f397d9518ec03282 · bs-mou-eced71f09954b25f59b0f28bda6a7f24cb4e3f90 · ua-ws-vessel-439

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