Between January 2020 and April 2026, the Kapitan Shcherbakov had at least 334 likely transshipment meetings. Its most frequent partners include Mys Olyutorskiy, Aleksandr Ksenofontov, Anatoliy Ponomarev, Vladimir Babich, and Ministr Ishkov.

Transshipment occurs when fishing vessels offload their catch to a refrigerated carrier that transports it to port, rather than the vessel going itself. Reefers can haul catch from multiple fishing vessels at once, which makes supply chain tracing difficult.