Heading Off: New Technique Helps Track Grain Smuggling Expansion to Libya

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Satellite imagery revealed the grain-smuggling bulk carrier Grumant at Ukraine's occupied Port of Feodosia, preparing to ship grain to Libya's Port of Benghazi. The tracking technique helps monitor illicit grain trade routes amidst regional instability.

On February 15, 2026, the bulk carrier, Grumant (IMO: 9385879) was pictured at the occupied Ukrainian Port of Feodosia on the Crimean peninsula. Satellite imagery suggests it had already been there for several days.  It appeared to stock up on grain before departing on a two-month-long journey eventually docking at the Port of Benghazi in […] The post Heading Off: New Technique Helps Track Grain Smuggling Expansion to Libya appeared first on bellingcat.