2024年7月11日，乌克兰官员报道称，乌克兰扣押了一艘外国货船，并拘留了其船长，因其涉嫌协助莫斯科在多瑙河上的克里米亚出口乌克兰粮食。

自2022年冲突开始以来，基辅一直指责俄罗斯运送掠夺来的乌克兰粮食，但船只被扣押的情况很少，这让海事消息人士担心，在乌克兰粮食出口的关键时刻，可能会遭到报复。

悬挂喀麦隆国旗的Usko Mfu号在黑海敖德萨地区附近被乌克兰安全局(SBU)拦截。

据SBU称，该船在2023年至2024年期间多次抵达克里米亚海港塞瓦斯托波尔，以收集农产品。

船长是一名阿塞拜疆国民，与其他12名船员一起被拘留。

这名船长可能因违反乌克兰境内俄罗斯占领区的旅行限制而面临最高五年的监禁。

乌克兰国家安全局表示，正在进行调查，以确定犯罪情况，并确定参与非法活动的其他人。

这艘被扣押的船只载有据称是从乌克兰南部农业区偷来的粮食。自入侵的第一年以来，该地区一直处于俄罗斯的控制之下。

SBU表示，这艘船关闭了GPS***，并记录了虚假的旅行信息，以隐藏其行动。

据称，在2023年11月的一次航行中，该船在塞瓦斯托波尔为一家土耳其公司运送了3000多公吨的农业物资。

该船的经理、总部位于土耳其的伊耶姆·阿西亚(Iyem Asya)否认有任何不当行为。

一位人士评论说，这艘船没有从俄罗斯占领的乌克兰领土上运载任何货物，也从未使用过他们管理下的乌克兰港口。

他们还说，乌克兰部队在多瑙河上登上了这艘船，船上有一名罗马尼亚船员，并强行将其停泊在多瑙河的乌克兰一侧。

乌克兰检察官办公室证实，根据LSEG的船舶跟踪数据，这艘船最后一次被发现是在7月8日的多瑙河上的雷尼港。

这一事件凸显了黑海地区海上行动的持续紧张和挑战。

多瑙河对乌克兰的粮食出口仍然至关重要，尤其是在去年夏天俄罗斯撤销了一项由联合国斡旋、允许乌克兰在危机期间出售粮食的协议之后。

此后，乌克兰不顾俄罗斯的批准，恢复了对黑海的出口。

作为对扣押事件的回应，一名不愿透露姓名的执法部门消息人士称，该船及其船长为船上人员工作，他现在已进入乌克兰水域。

欧盟还对从俄罗斯进口的粮食征收禁止性关税，以减少流入莫斯科的收入，使该地区的粮食出口前景复杂化。

英文原文

Ukraine has seized a foreign cargo ship and detained its captain on suspicion of assisting Moscow in exporting Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea on the Danube River, officials reported on July 11, 2024.



Since the beginning of the 2022 conflict, Kyiv has accused Russia of transporting looted Ukrainian grain, but ship seizures have been rare, raising concerns among maritime sources about potential retaliation at a crucial time for Ukraine’s grain exports.



The Usko Mfu, a Cameroonian-flagged vessel, was stopped by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) near the Odesa region in the Black Sea.



According to the SBU, the ship arrived at the Crimean Sea Port of Sevastopol repeatedly in 2023-24 to collect agricultural products.



The captain, an Azerbaijani national, was detained along with 12 other crew members.



The captain could face up to five years in prison for violating travel restrictions in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied territory.



According to Ukraine’s SBU, an inquiry is ongoing to determine the crime’s circumstances and identify anyone else involved in the illegal activity.



The detained vessel was carrying grain allegedly stolen from Ukraine’s southern agricultural regions, which have been under Russian control since the first year of the invasion.



The SBU stated that the vessel was turning off its GPS tracker and logging fake travel information to hide its movements.



On one voyage in November 2023, the ship allegedly carried over 3,000 metric tons of agricultural supplies at Sevastopol for a Turkish company.



The ship’s manager, Turkey-based Iyem Asya, denied any wrongdoing.



A person commented that the ship did not take any cargo from Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine and never used Ukrainian ports under their management.



They further stated that Ukrainian forces boarded the ship on the Danube with a Romanian pilot present and forcibly anchored it on Ukraine’s side of the river.



Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office confirmed that according to LSEG ship-tracking data, the ship was last spotted at the Reni port on the Danube on July 8.



The incident highlights the constant tension and challenges of maritime operations in the Black Sea region.



The Danube remains vital for Ukraine’s grain exports, especially after Russia withdrew a UN-brokered agreement last summer that allowed Kyiv to sell grain during the crisis.



Ukraine has since resumed Black Sea exports, irrespective of Russian approval.



In response to the seizure, an anonymous law enforcement source stated that the vessel and its captain worked for the occupants, and he has now entered Ukrainian waters.



The European Union has also imposed prohibitive duties on Russian grain imports to reduce revenue flows to Moscow, complicating the region’s grain export scenario.

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