The mysterious movement of an Azerbaijani oligarch's yacht. Already sold?
Recently, the mysterious movement of the 114-meter long yacht "Luna", owned by a Russian businessman of Azerbaijani origin, Farhad Akhmadov, was noticed. The yacht made a surprise trip to the North Sea after four years at the Lorsen shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, SuperYacht Times reports. This movement suggests that the yacht may have been sold.
Recall that the yacht, which was once worth 500 million dollars, was put up for sale in the port of Hamburg in June 2025 at a starting price of 323 million dollars. According to Boat International, the yacht failed to find a buyer at that price and was put up for sale about eight months later, in February of this year, with a price cut of $83 million for $240 million.
The price of the yacht was later reduced again and it was put up for sale in late October for 200 million euros ($224 million) through Eastwind Yachts brokerage.
On 31 October, Luna was towed from Hamburg for a short cruise to the North Sea before returning to a German port. This unusual movement was also recorded by the social media account, which tracks maritime movements in Hamburg.
The SuperYacht Times team was able to determine that the yacht was traveling west of the German island of Ligoland, reaching a point outside German territorial waters before turning back towards Hamburg.
The voyage effectively brought Luna into international waters, a maneuver sometimes associated with the transfer of ownership of large yachts.
Further evidence suggesting a possible sale emerged on 3 November when the yacht Luna's registration was cancelled. Around the same time, data from the ship's registry, based on information from classification societies, showed a change in the company and flag of the yacht's registered owner.