Oboronlogistics

Oboronlogistics (Оборонлогистика) is a shipping company and logistics company owned by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The company was founded in 2011. An alternative name is OBSHCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTYU OBORONLOGISTIKA.

Oboronlogistics has had a special procedure for import and export for the port of Novorossiysk since 2018. It thus allows the company to conduct better trade in the Mediterranean region.

In 2019, the Oboronlogistics vessel Sparta III' made a successful transit of the Northern Sea Route on its way from China to Europe.

In the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Turkey severely restricted the passage of military ships through the Bosporus Strait based on the Treaty of Montreux. Therefore, Russian logistics ships are currently not allowed to sail through the strait. Instead, military equipment or soldiers on civilian ships will probably be transferred from Syria to Russia by Oboronlogistik.

Deputy Minister of Defence Timur Ivanov was CEO and director of OBL-Shipping LLC, a subsidiary of this corporation until his April 2024 defenestration.

Fleet

 * Sparta III
 * Sparta IV
 * Yaz
 * Sig
 * Lady Mariia
 * Baltic Leader
 * Ursa Major

Sanctions
Oboronlogistics has been on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List since June 20, 2017 based on Executive Order 13685 in connection with the 2014 annexation of Crimea and is therefore excluded from American trade.