Principal établissement: Fédération de Russie - Sovfracht JSC est une compagnie maritime russe qui fournit un soutien logistique au ministère de la défense de la Fédération de Russie. En particulier, Sovfracht JSC constitue un nœud clé dans les réseaux de transport militaire de navires de fret russes transportant des armements nord-coréens de Pyongyang vers des installations militaires dans le port russe de Dunai. Les munitions nord-coréennes transportées par Sovfracht JSC sont ensuite transférées vers des dépôts d’armes situés à la frontière occidentale de la Russie afin d’être déployées dans le cadre de la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie contre l’Ukraine. Par conséquent, Sovfracht JSC apporte un soutien matériel au gouvernement de la Fédération de Russie, qui est responsable de l’annexion de la Crimée et de la déstabilisation de l’Ukraine, et tire avantage de ce gouvernement.
Therefore, Sovfracht JSC is supporting materially and benefitting from the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.
Transport sanctions: where transport sanctions apply, a ship owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a designated person is prohibited from entering a port in the UK, may be given a movement or a port entry direction, can be detained, and will be refused permission to register on the UK Ship Register or have its existing registration terminated. Similarly, an aircraft owned, chartered or operated by a designated person is prohibited from overflying or landing in the UK, may be given a movement direction, can be detained or moved to a specified airport, and will be refused permission to register on the CAA Aircraft Register or have its existing registration terminated. This also includes a prohibition of technical assistance relating to aircraft and ships: a prohibition on the provision of technical assistance relating to aircraft or ships will prevent a person from directly or indirectly providing technical assistance to, or for the benefit of, the designated person, where that technical assistance relates to an aircraft or ship.
Sovfracht JSC is a Russian shipping company providing logistical support to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. In particular, Sovfracht JSC functions as a key node in military transportation networks of Russian cargo vessels shipping North Korean armaments from Pyongyang to military facilities in the Russian port of Dunai. Subsequently, North Korean munitions transported by Sovfracht JSC are transferred to weapons depots on Russia’s western border to be deployed in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.