A Turkish ship is carrying stolen Ukrainian grain to Israel
26.07.2023 - 15:50
Photo — SeaKrime “Peacemaker” project.
A Turkish ship plans to deliver Ukrainian grain exported from the ports of occupied Crimea to Israel.
The Sword Lion vessel at the raid transshipment of the Kavkaz port loaded Ukrainian grain exported from the ports of occupied Crimea by the violator Akubens, reports the SeaKrime “Peacemaker” project.
On June 18, Akubens arrived in the Kerch Strait from the Russian port of Azov, made 5 voyages from the closed Crimean ports to the transshipment of the Kavkaz port, where it transferred Ukrainian grain exported from the occupied Crimea, and returned to the Sea of Azov. The vessel’s AIS was disabled from 26 June to 22 July.
The total amount of grain exported by Akubens from the ports of the occupied Crimea during this time is approximately 7,800 tons.
The first grain flight from occupied Kerch was partially recorded on the MarineTraffic portal. After leaving the Kerch trade port, the ship was in the Kerch Strait on June 25-26.
In voyage #4, Akubens was captured on a photo in occupied Feodosia.
According to information in shipping databases, the vessel under the old name “Kudma-3” was registered to Kudma Shipmanagement LLC in Nizhny Novgorod.
Journalists found documents related to the ship’s illegal voyages. The port of shipment of the grain is not specified in them – this is a falsification that is constantly present in documents drawn up in the occupied Crimea. However, it is about Kerch Port, as one of the statements is written to the Kerch Phytosanitary Control Post. There is also another document that states that the loading took place in Kerch.
An analysis of SeaKrime sources and Kiborg documents revealed that the Turkish company Velar Tarim Sanayi Ve Ticaret Ltd Sti bought from Crimean collaborators of the Frigate Trading House grain labeled as grain of Russian origin for the 2022 harvest.
However, this is a falsification, because the grain was illegally exported from the closed Crimean ports. The grain is of Ukrainian origin, it can be grown in Crimea or imported from the occupied regions of Kherson or Zaporizhzhia regions. Grain is planned to be delivered to Israel for ADM Industries Centers ltd.
