Ukraine
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Europe
Levels of depression and anxiety increase among Ukrainian seafarers
Seafarer charity Stella Maris is warning that Ukrainian seafarers are experiencing increased levels of loneliness and depression amid fears of…
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Operations
14% of Russian refining capacity offline as Ukrainian drones head further inland
Ukrainian forces hit Russia’s third-largest oil refinery with a drone strike on Tuesday but with no critical damage. This time…
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Operations
Ukrainian drone campaign takes out up to 900,000 barrels a day of Russian oil refining capacity
Ukraine’s drone campaign to knock out Russian refining capacity is scoring some big hits, with as much as 12% of…
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Operations
Russian oil terminals hit by drone strikes
Ukraine has hit several Russian oil refineries with drone strikes in the past few days, continuing to damage Russian oil…
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Dry Cargo
Ukraine sets war-time grain exports record
More than 1,000 merchant ships have transited Ukraine’s seven-and-a-half-month-old grain corridor in the Black Sea, making the new export channel…
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Finance and Insurance
Kyiv fixes insurance for more Black Sea cargoes
Insurance broker Marsh McLennan and Lloyd’s of London underwriters have expanded the Ukraine-backed marine war insurance programme from just grain…
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Operations
Missiles hit stranded Turkish ship in Ukraine
A Turkey-flagged general cargo vessel, that has been stranded for more than two years in Ukraine was struck by missiles…
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Europe
How world shipping has transformed in the two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Saturday marks two years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a war that has dramatically changed the global seaborne map,…
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Ports and Logistics
Urgent expansion underway at Romania’s top port
One of Europe’s fast growing ports is embarking on an urgent dredging programme to accommodate the spillover from the ongoing…
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Operations
Swiss Re report captures the extent of global shipping disruption
Insurer Swiss Re has come up with a chart to highlight the dramatic changes to the world seaborne map in…
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Europe
Ukraine intensifies Russian refinery campaign
February 24 will mark the second anniversary since Russia unleashed the largest attack on a European country since World War…
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Ports and Logistics
Novatek’s Baltic terminal attacked by long-range drones from Ukraine
Ukrainian forces conducted a drone attack on Russia’s largest Baltic port over the weekend. The operation, which used two long-range…
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Dry Cargo
Ukraine’s exports top Black Sea Grain Initiative era
Ukraine is exporting more grains today than it did during the period it had signed up to the United Nations-brokered…
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Europe
Ship hits mine in the Black Sea
A mine destroyed a general cargo ship in the Black Sea on Wednesday with the vessel’s captain reacting fast to…
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Europe
Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey to clear Black Sea mines
Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria aim to sign a deal next month on a joint plan to clear mines floating in…
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Regulatory
IMO to create Ukrainian technical assistance mission
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly today is set to adopt a lengthy resolution on the impact of the Ukraine…
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Europe
‘No one has caused greater harm to free navigation than Russia’: Zelensky addresses the IMO Assembly
Addressing the the 33rd Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) yesterday via video link, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky described…
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Dry Cargo
Bulk carrier hits mine off Ukraine
The 12-year-old 75,200 dwt bulk carrier – on charter to Cargill – struck a mine on Friday in waters off…
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Finance and Insurance
Kyiv unveils new ship insurance scheme
Kyiv has reached a deal with Lloyd’s of London and Marsh McLennan to bring insurance cover for ships taking Ukrainian…
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Finance and Insurance
Insurance premiums climb in wake of latest Russian missile attack
Ukrainian authorities insist the country’s maritime export corridor remains open for business despite Tuesday’s deadly missile attack on a Liberian-flagged,…
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