 Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Black Sea Shipping Company came to be based in the newly independent state of Ukraine, and the "Gruziya" hoisted the Ukrainian flag.In 1995, she was transferred under the ownership of Blasco UK, re-registered to Liberia and renamed "Odessa Sky".On 26 August 1995 the vessel was arrested in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and remained there for several months.