Russian ship under sanction over N Korea arms sails for Europe

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The infamous Russian ship imposed by the Sueen Canal of North Korea is set to enter the Mediterranean Sea for the first time when the ship involved in the PHI work was involved in European waters.

Maia-1, Russian flag bearer and crew, which has been sanctioned by the United States and the EU, is currently anchored outside the southern entrance, according to Asia and the key to Europe. Open Codes Centera research group that discovered the ship. The announced destination of the ship is a port on the Baltic shore of Russia, where Moscow is building a liquefied natural gas facility.

The ship is one of the more than 20 vessels belonging to the MG-Flot, which also belongs to the United Kingdom, EU and the United States. The EU, in the listing of its sanctions, said that the carrier is part of the “military transport network of the Russian cargo network”. According to OSC, it has made at least nine journeys in North Korea North Korea.

“Maia-1 is a ship named by the North Korean Expert Committee and has been punished by several governments to attract North Korea’s ammunition to Russia,” said OSC analyst Joe Brne.

The arrival of this ship in the European area and the possible transit of NATO members, including Denmark, will make a new challenge for the continent as they think they are able to support Ukraine and disrupt Russia’s economy.

The journey presents “a challenge on the Western sanction system, testing their determination to take action,” Byren added.

Maia-1 started his journey in Vladivostok, in the Far East of Russia last month before collecting the cargo near Shanghai. After leaving China, it was mainly navigated with its AIS transfer.

OSC reports that large items have appeared on the ship when it was in the port of “Rustang” equipment from January 11 to 16. The institution is related to the supply of equipment to the liquefied natural gas projects of Russia.

The satellite images collected by OSC showed the ship loaded with objects that were then covered for travel.

May 1 presented the documents to the final destination in Vietnam as a UST-Luga, the Baltic Seaport, where the new LNG terminal is built, despite the impact of sanctions.

Russia’s entry into turbines and other gas liquefaction equipment was poorly imposed by our sanctions by the White House to the previous President Jek Biden. The US Treasury also hit the loads of heavy cargo supply to these schemes.

The UST-Luga LNG project has been postponed with the withdrawal of key partners in Western Ukraine in 2022, US sanctions have been introduced in recent years.

Russia has another location that is further northern, called Arctic LNG 2, which has previously received large components made in China.

The Suez Canal gives freedom to all the vessels under the Convention on Constantine Convention in 1888, although the vessels may be terminated if they have no relevant insurance. Maia-1 is not specified as included by any member of the International Insurers Group.

Cartography by Steven Bernard