Sweden to Hand Ukraine 96-Meter Caffa After Court Rejects Shadow Fleet Owner's Appeal
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 7
Sweden to Hand Ukraine 96-Meter Caffa After Court Rejects Shadow Fleet Owner's Appeal
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 7
Summary
Sweden will transfer the seized Russian-linked cargo ship Caffa to Ukraine after the supreme court on Aug. 4 threw out owner Caffa Shipping Ltd's bid to block the handover.
The 96-meter vessel was requested by Kyiv, which says it carried grain stolen from occupied Ukrainian territory, and two lower Swedish courts had already approved the transfer.
Armed Swedish police boarded the ship off Trelleborg on March 6 as it headed to St. Petersburg under what court documents described as a false Guinean flag.
Ten of the 11 crew members were Russian nationals, and the case adds to pressure on Moscow's so-called shadow fleet used to move oil and other cargoes around Western restrictions.