Sold to Breakers 13.10.24
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USKO MFU
Sold/Decommissioned
On Oct 8, a Ukrainian court order authorized the confiscation of the 'Usko MFU', which had been initially detained in July for transporting 3000 tons of grain from the Russian occupied Crimea to a Turkish company. Following the detention, the captain and the second officer of the vessel were charged for illegally transporting goods from occupied territories in violation of both Ukrainian and international laws and are facing five years in prison.The ownership of the vessel, which originally belonged to Usko Shipping of Turkey, was transferred to the Ukrainian government.
