The previous owner of the vessel was the sanctioned russian company JSC GTLK (TIN 7720261827), which is the largest leasing company of air, water, railway, urban passenger transport in russia, which is included in the list of system-forming organizations of the russian economy.
In 2018-2022, the vessel was managed by sanctioned Oboronlogistika LLC (TIN 7718857267), which has been working in the structure of the military construction complex of the ministry of defense since 2015 of russia in order to guarantee the needs of the ministry of defense of russia in the field of transportation, storage and production of military and special purpose products. Oboronlogistika LLC is a cargo operator of the railway ferry line "Ust-Luga - Baltiysk", designated by the government of the russian federation as the sole provider of services for the ministry of defense of the russian federation regarding the delivery of cargo by sea transport to the territory of the Kaliningrad region. The repair of the vessel is carried out by russian companies - CJSC Kanonerskiy Shiprepairing Yard (TIN 7805377436), JSC "Kronstadt Marine Plant" (TIN 7843003128, is under the sanctions of USA, New Zealand, Ukraine).
The vessel is one of the flagships of Kaliningrad maritime logistics (russia), plying the Ust-Luga - Baltiysk route, and can transport up to 140 units of rolling stock and railway wagons per voyage.