Tag: Alkagesta
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Alkagesta got de-banked by HSBC
Alkagesta, the Azerbaijani oil-bunkering company, based in Malta, was very recently de-banked by HSBC (UK). Subsequently, HSBC Malta closed its accounts. Some Alkagesta employees in Malta went without pay for months before Alkagesta could restore alternative bank accounts. Alkagesta has been trying to clean its act in Malta following the publication of our investigations and…
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Lea Shipping Corporation sends a denial
The company owning the oil vessel Durga (9260005) has sent a threatening letter about our investigation related to Alkagesta specifically about this article on Alkagesta’s Russian oil imports to Turkey at the Port of Marmara. I am considering this letter as a right of reply and publishing it in full. The letter does not deny…
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Alkagesta keeps its Russian oil at the port of Marmara (Opet Terminal) following investigations
Following a series of investigations that started by the United Nations Security Council on oil sanctions busting by Alkagesta, we extensively investigated Alkagesta’s activity in Malta. Alkagesta is a company from Azerbaijan, created by ex-Socar traders, that became Malta’s largest oil bunkerer at the Freeport terminal of Evos. Alkagesta has been listed as a sanctions…
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We have started our legal campaign to push back against SLAPP action
Following the extensive SLAPP action against us, resulting in the suspension of our Google AdSense and Instagram accounts, we have begun our legal campaign to address this action. We have made multiple reports to the relevant authorities, and we have also sent official legal letters to the online platforms, which should arrive in the coming…
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Alkagesta issues a statement and demands us to apologise
Alkagesta is taking further SLAPP action in its one-year long systematic campaign of legal warfare against The Maltese Herald. They have now issued a statement on their website demanding that we apologise and to pull down the articles about the company, while accusing us of conducting a campaign against them on behalf of their competitors.…
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Google demonetises The Maltese Herald over its investigation on sanctions-busting oil company Alkagesta
After an extensive correspondence with our GoogleAds service-provider, we can confirm that GoogleAds has demonetised us and have taken us off their platform in response to a very extensive and year-long campaign of legal warfare, and vexatious copyright and trademark claims by Alkagesta. This action follows the suspension of our Instagram account on the same…
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Alkagesta’s biggest client was a major Russian oil buyer: Turkish Russian oil sales allegedly on the decline
Following continued investigations, The Maltese Herald can confirm that Turkish industrial conglomerate Tüpraş is Alkagesta’s biggest oil client, and Tüpraş has also been a major Russian oil client. However, Tüpraş announced last year that it was halting Russian seaborne crude-oil imports, and current reports state that Turkey has also been reducing its intake of Russian…
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Meta shuts down our Instagram account and restricts our accounts over multiple vexatious trademark reports by Alkagesta
The Maltese Herald has been the only Maltese press outlet to extensively investigate Malta’s major oil-bunkering company, the Azeri-owned Alkagesta. We have explained in extensive detail the operations of this company, its activity in Russian oil trading, contraband-Libyan oil, and its hidden ownership. Its owner was also arrested in Azerbaijan over oil trafficking and fraud.…
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We’re buying Russian oil now – and apparently it’s OK
Malta imported at least two batches of Russian oil cargo since the war on Iran started, once on the 24th March and the other time on the 12th May. The imports were sold in Malta by a Greek-owned ship called Romeos, and the oil was transported and bunkered by the local bunkering company called Zeta…
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Who is trading Russian oil in Malta? It’s Alkagesta of course
The link between Alkagesta, Malta’s largest oil trader and bunkerer and the Greek shippers, who come to Hurd’s Bank, bearing Russian oil can’t even be more clearer. Alkagesta is sourcing Russian oil bought originally under the EU-imposed price cap by Greek shippers which is then bunkered by the local industry at the Evos terminal in…
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Azeri Press: British lawyer paid £1 million to take down articles on Adnan Ahmadzada’s companies from the internet
The Azeri press is reporting that a British lawyer called Tim Maltin of MaltinPR (no relation to Malta) was paid up to £1 million to take down articles about Adna Ahmadzada’s companies from the internet. The Azeri press is reporting that Tim Maltin was delegated to address articles about Oilmar DMCC and Maddox DMCC, both…
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A reply to the Wiki vandals doing Alkagesta’s bidding
There has been an extensive debate on multiple pages on Wikipedia with some contributors and commentators on the website accusing The Maltese Herald of not being reliable and also of being a personal blog (The Maltese Herald originated from my personal website). The Maltese Herald started in October 2024 with three employees and two part-time…