The detention of the Russian ship “Akademik Ioffe” may be related to the transportation of tourists 
the fact that in the past the scientific ships “Akademik Ioffe” and the “Akademik Sergei Vavilov” built with it according to the same project were used for the transportation and travel of foreign tourists. The possible cause of the incident in an interview with Gazeta.ru was named by a source from the Russian Academy of Sciences, familiar with the situation.
The interlocutor of the publication specified that in the past Academician Ioffe was used as a tourist boat. “An agreement was concluded with a tourist company, who was either an intermediary or an organizer of tourist trips. When our legislators suddenly became concerned with the work of scientific courts for tourists, they banned the use of the ships as tourist liners, ”he said and added that after that the contract was terminated, and the company that started selling tickets suffered losses.
The source indicated that the firm filed a claim and was satisfied. “The lawsuit, as far as I remember, concerned Vavilov. But since the owner has several vessels, the decision applies to all, ”he explained.
The detention of the Russian ship“ Akademik Ioffe ”became known on the afternoon of November 4. Onboard there are 38 crew members and 23 researchers. Later, the Russian embassy clarified that the claim, on the basis of which the Russian research vessel Akademik Ioffe was detained in Denmark, was filed by the Canadian company One Ocean Expeditions Ltd. due to his previous activities. What exactly can be discussed is still unknown.
Akademik Ioffe is a research vessel. Named after the Soviet scientist physicist Abram Fedorovich Ioffe. The vessel was built in 1988. Akademik Ioffe and Akademik Sergei Vavilov were built according to a joint project. Now “Akademik Ioffe” belongs to the Institute of Oceanology. P.P. Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences.