Designations Regarding Crimean Entities (E.O. 13685)
Today’s action also targets the following 18 construction, transportation, and defense entities pursuant to E.O. 13685, which authorizes sanctions on, among others, any person determined to operate in the Crimea region of Ukraine. Except as otherwise noted, the persons listed below are designated for operating in the Crimea region of Ukraine.
Entities Operating in Crimean Maritime Sector
Finally, the Sovfracht-Sovmortrans Group is designated pursuant to E.O. 13685 because it operates in the Crimea region of Ukraine.
Affiliated companies SMT-K and LLC Koksokhimtrans are being designated for operating in the Crimea region of Ukraine and being owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Sovfracht-Sovmortrans Group.
The Sovfracht-Sovmortrans Group is a Russian shipping and logistics company comprised of several companies, including Sovfracht Managing Company LLC, OJSC Sovfracht, CJSC Sovmortrans, LLC Koksokhimtrans, and SMT-K, a unit of the group registered in Crimea.
SMT-K, an abbreviation for Sovmortrans-Crimea, has offices in Simferopol and Kerch, Crimea, and is the operator for a ferry line between the previously designated Port of Kerch in Crimea and Kavkaz in Russia.
SMT-K (a.k.a. KRYM SMT OOO LLC; a.k.a. LLC CMT CRIMEA; a.k.a. OOO ‘CMT-K’; a.k.a. OOO ‘SMT-K’; a.k.a. SMT-CRIMEA; a.k.a. SOVMORTRANS-CRIMEA), ul. Zoi Zhiltsovoy, d. 15, office 51, Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine; Vokzalnoye Highway 140, Kerch, Ukraine; Anapskoye Highway 1, Temryuk, Russia; Email Address info@smt-k.ru; alt. Email Address info@parom-k.ru [UKRAINE-EO13685].