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Seafarer killed after missile strikes Bangladeshi bulker in Ukraine
A Bangladeshi sailor was killed yesterday evening after a missile struck Bangladesh Shipping Corporation’s bulker in Ukrainian waters. The ship…
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Finance and Insurance
Nord Stream 2 files for bankruptcy
The Swiss-based company behind the $11bn Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project from Russia to Germany has filed for bankruptcy…
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Europe
Shipping shuns Russia
A host of top container lines – with the notable exception of China’s COSCO – have suspended taking bookings to…
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Operations
Crews asked to extend contracts as Ukraine crisis takes its toll at sea
The crew change crisis is set to worsen with the first week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine showing little…
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Europe
Putin out of pocket as taps are turned off
The global energy markets have been redrawn dramatically in the space of less than a week since Russia invaded Ukraine…
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Ports and Logistics
Boris Johnson urged to ban Russian ships from UK ports
The UK government has been urged to ban Russian ships from British ports after it was announced that the Russian-owned…
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Operations
Seafarers under increased threat as two bulk carriers are detained by Russian forces
Concern is growing for the wellbeing of thousands of seafarers, both at sea and ashore, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
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Offshore
Viking Supply Ships could lose Russian AHTS deal
Viking Supply Ships said its deal for four anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels announced earlier this month could be…
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Europe
Russian ship seized in France
French authorities have seized a Russian cargo vessel on suspicion of being linked to the sanctioned company over the war…
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Operations
Two more ships hit in the Black Sea
Another two ships have been hit by missiles in the Black Sea: the Moldova-flagged chemical tanker Millennial Spirit and the…
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Europe
Shipping navigates the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Global shipping reacted sharply to yesterday’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia with an armada of international merchant ships exiting…
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Operations
Carriers urged to avoid the Black Sea as Turkish bulker gets hit off Odessa
Turkish-owned bulk carrier was hit by a missile in the Black Sea off the coast of Ukraine’s Odessa on Thursday,…
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Europe
Global commodity trading patterns set for upheaval in wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Global commodity trading patterns are set for their greatest upheaval in decades following today’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia.…
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Europe
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine seen hiking tonne-mile picture for shipping
Shipping is making emergency plans as a swathe of Eastern Europe becomes a war zone. Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin…
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Europe
Ukraine warns commercial shipping lanes under threat from Russian warships
Ukraine has hit out at Russian naval exercises near its southern coast, claiming navigation in the Black Sea and Azov…
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Tankers
MOL orders ice class tanker at GSI for Arctic LNG 2 charter
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has placed an order at CSSC-affiliated Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) for the construction of…
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Europe
What the Russia-Ukraine standoff means for global shipping
With Europe on edge about a possible conflict between Ukraine and Russia, shipowners around the world are eyeing the potential…
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Ports and Logistics
Russia presses ahead with new large Baltic port complex
Russia’s federal agency FSUE Rosmorport and Primorsky Universal Transshipment Complex (Primorsky UPK) have signed a deal to move forward with…
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Tankers
Sovcomflot seals financing for Sakhalin shuttle tankers
Russian shipowner Sovcomflot has inked a new ten-year $110m credit facility with three international banks to finance two new ice-class…
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Operations
Russia deploys icebreakers as cold snap catches ships out along the Northern Sea Route
An earlier covering of sea ice in Arctic waters this year compared to many previous years has caught a number…
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