It is involved in the transportation of weapons (ammunition) from North Korea and South Africa to russia. The vessel is certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
On October 17, 2024, Switzerland imposed sanctions on the vessel in connection with transportation from/to russia of goods and technologies used in the defense and security sector, as well as for use in russia or for the war in Ukraine.
MG-Flot LLC is linked to Astrakhan businessman Pashayev Jamaldin Emirmagomedovich, who built his business around the commercial port of Olya in the Astrakhan region. This place was proposed as a key logistic hub of the international transport corridor "North-South", the creation and construction of which was supervised and controlled by former russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The key purpose of the transportation corridor was to trade with sanctioned Iran, which could import and export goods via the North-South route.
Roll-on/roll-off vessel, which was observed transporting containers between the Russian Federation and the DPRK between late August and December 2023 while periodically turning off its AIS signal.