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NOVAYA ZEMLYA

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TypeVessel[sources]
NameNOVAYA ZEMLYA[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call SignUFNZ[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage23645[sources]
DescriptionThe vessel has conducted "dark activity" by disabling its Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponder and has made port calls at terminals in Sevastopol (temporarily occupied territory of Crimea (TOT of Crimea), Ukraine) during February and May–June 2025. Since 9 September 2022, under Bareboat Charter Agreement No. 60, the charterer of IMO 9549281 has been Northern Shipping Company JSC (АО "Северное морское пароходство", TIN/INN 2901008432), a russian designated entity that provides services under state defense contracts for cargo transportation in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation. Since 2014, Northern Shipping Company has been an active participant in a major logistics chain developing Arctic infrastructure at the request of russia’s Ministry of Defense. The company also conducts maritime carriage of cargo on a contractual basis for the designated State Unitary Enterprise "State Grain Operator" (ГУП "Государственный зерновой оператор", TIN/INN 9001011019), registered in the temporarily occupied territory (TOT) of Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine (Melitopol). Northern Shipping Company has been implicated in grain theft schemes involving vessels including IMO 9077575, IMO 9376440, and IMO 8502080, among others.[sources]
FlagRussia[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage15868[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9549281[sources]
MMSI273334820[sources]
Past FlagsCyprus[sources]
Previous nameNorth Way[sources]
Type1[sources]
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