On 1 February 2013, Transport Canada announced that on 31 January, Atlantic Hawk had successfully gained control of Lyubov Orlova.

"The Lyubov Orlova no longer poses a threat to the safety of offshore oil installations, their personnel or the marine environment.

Transport Canada reiterated that the owner of the vessel remained responsible for her movements, and measures had been taken to monitor the position of the drifting ship.

[15] On 23 February, according to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Lyubov Orlova was spotted at roughly 1,300 nautical miles from the Irish coast.

[17] On 1 March, Irish media reported that a signal from the vessel's emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was received from 700 nautical miles off the Kerry coast, still in international waters.

[19][20] A review published in October 2013 cites the receipt of two EPIRB distress signals from Lyubov Orlova in mid-ocean, one on 23 February and another on 12 March.

[22][23] In January 2014, there was speculation based on an interview with a salvager in the British tabloid The Sun that the ship might be nearing the coast of England and be infested with cannibal rats.

[24][25][26] In November 2017, the British tabloid the Daily Star speculated that wreckage buried in sand on the beach at Coronado, California, might be the missing MV Lyubov Orlova, but the wreck is actually that of the SS Monte Carlo.