Russian ship, which was not accepted in Israel and Turkey, returned with stolen grain

The bulk carrier Panormitis (IMO:9445021) returned to the port of Kavkaz with stolen Ukrainian grain on board.

This was reported by Kateryna Yaresko, a journalist for the SeaKrime project of the Peacemaker Center.

According to her, Panormitis returned to the port of Kavkaz, located in the Temryutsky district of the Krasnodar Territory of Russia, with grain that was not accepted in Israel and Turkey.

“The epic is over, although disputes between the seller, the shipowner and other participants in the failed criminal transaction are probably still ongoing,” said Yaresko.

She also recalled that from the port of Kavkaz there is a massive export of grain stolen from the occupied territories of Ukraine.

“The shipping business must understand that this is a war crime that is being investigated in Ukraine, and it will have to be answered for,” concluded Kateryna Yaresko.

It will be recalled, that the bulk carrier Panormitis was heading to Haifa with a cargo of 6,201.56 tons of wheat and 19,043.73 tons of barley from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

Later, it became known that the Israeli importing company refused to unload the grain stolen by Russia in Ukraine in Haifa due to the risk of international sanctions. Ukraine also sent Israel a package of documents for the arrest of the Russian ship with the stolen Ukrainian grain.

On May 7, the Russian ship left Israel, and on May 13 it arrived in Turkey, where the bulk carrier was also not accepted.