[3] On 12 January 2022, Novodvinsk ran aground in Szczecin, Poland, while approaching the port with a cargo of scrap metal.

Only one attempt by the tug Centaur II from the port was made to dislodge Novodvinsk shortly after the incident.

[6] While Novodvinsk was still undergoing repairs, on 8 March, the Gryfia shipyard announced that the ship was being detained in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[7] Work stopped on the ship, but it was released ten days later, on 18 March, and allowed to sail for St.

[8] On 8 May, 2022, the United States Department of State designated several Russian maritime companies and the ships they operated as a part of the Department of the Treasury's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, sanctioning them for their involvement in transporting war materiel during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.