The tug is owned and operated by the russian sanctioned company RPK Nord LLC (Murmansk). RPK Nord LLC is the owner and operator of the VLCC-class floating storage facility based on the UMBA floating oil storage facility (IMO 9196620, under USA sanctions) with a deadweight of 300,259 metric tons. The UMBA FSO in the Kola Bay is considered a key element of the Arctic russian oil export chain and was created to transship oil from Arctic fields by sanctioned PJSC Gazprom Neft.