Russia
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Tankers
G7 attempts to clamp down on the Russian oil price cap
The US imposed the first sanctions for violations of the price cap on Russian oil introduced by the Group of…
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Europe
Ukrainian seafarers face being barred from Russian waters
Ukrainian seafarers face being barred from working on ships that enter Russian waters. A new law coming into place on…
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Regulatory
Russia lifts seaborne diesel export ban
Russia’s government said on Friday that it had allowed a return of seaborne diesel exports delivered to seaports via pipelines…
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Tankers
Russia’s decision to deploy non-ice class tankers in the Arctic comes in for criticism
Russia risks an environmental catastrophe by deploying non-ice class ships on its increasingly busy Northern Shipping Route (NRS), according to…
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Middle East
Dubai remains Russian shadow tanker hotbed
Dubai is the operating nexus for so-called shadow Russian crude oil shipments, according to a new report from the Centre…
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Europe
Vehicles melt as Russia ups its targeting of Ukraine’s ports
The Russian military is pounding Ukrainian ports hard this week. Following very damaging strikes on the port of Odesa early…
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Operations
Milestones reached along the increasingly busy Northern Sea Route
As the world’s oceans have broken surface temperature levels consistently during the past several months, more and more eyes have…
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Containers
Chinese liner adding up to 10 boxships on Northern Sea Route next year
Chinese shipping company NewNew Shipping Line will add an additional eight to ten containerships on the Northern Sea Route (NSR)…
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Europe
UK intelligence claims Russia is actively targeting international merchant ships
Insurers baulking at covering ships heading near Ukraine will have been given further pause for thought yesterday with UK intelligence…
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Offshore
Ukraine claims control of offshore drilling rigs near Crimea
Ukrainian forces have regained control of oil and gas drilling rigs off the coast of Crimea, the country’s Defense Intelligence…
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Europe
Russia designates ITF an ‘undesirable organisation’
The Office of the Russian Federation Prosecutor General has declared the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) an “undesirable organisation” on…
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Dry Cargo
No sign of resumption of Black Sea shipping pact
Despite the best efforts of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia has decided not to renew the Black Sea Grain…
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Europe
Sovcomplot: Book launches charting Russian line’s court battles
John Helmer, a long-term Russian correspondent for a variety of titles, has launched a book this week looking at the…
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Operations
Black Sea shipping set to dominate headlines this week
Black Sea shipping is set to dominate maritime headlines this week with the heads of littoral states discussing how to…
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Europe
Boxship completes landmark voyage out of Ukraine paving way for other vessels to exit
The 9,400 teu dropped anchor off Istanbul this morning, completing a hugely significant voyage, becoming the first of some 60…
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Dry Cargo
Mine explosion near Romania’s Constanta port spooks Ukrainian grain exporters
Russia’s efforts to strangle Ukrainian grain exports are seeing it come ever closer to bringing a NATO member into the…
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Operations
Russian warship fires at Turkish bulk carrier
A Russian warship fired warning shots and boarded a small bulk carrier in international waters, claiming it was headed to…
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Shipyards
State bank takes over Russia’s largest shipbuilder
State-owned VTB bank has taken over the running of financially troubled United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) at the behest of president…
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Operations
Shipping in the dark as Black Sea battle intensifies
With Ukraine effectively opening up a new naval front with its enemy Russia by declaring six Russian ports as war-risk…
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Operations
Ukrainian sea drone hits sanctioned Russian tanker off Crimea
Russian product tanker has been damaged in a Ukrainian sea drone attack in the Kerch Strait near the bridge that…
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