[1] Its name is a shortened form of the Russian language Obshchestvo s ogranichennoi otvetsvennostyu oboronlogistika; literally "limited liability company defense logistics".
Oboronlogistics was placed on the US Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List in June 2017 in connection with the 2014 annexation of Crimea and is therefore excluded from US trade.
[5] In the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Turkey severely restricted the passage of military ships through the Bosporus Strait based on the Treaty of Montreux.
[6] Deputy Minister of Defence Timur Ivanov was CEO and director of OBL-Shipping LLC, a subsidiary of the corporation until his arrest and fall from power in April 2024.
[6][7] In December 2024, the Oboronlogistics ship MV Ursa Major sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria after a series of explosions in its engine room.