Russia
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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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Operations
Russia tightens noose on Black Sea shipping
Across the northern and western edges of the Black Sea merchant shipping faces the vagaries of war, with vessels increasingly…
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Ports and Logistics
Russia strikes grain export port on Danube
Russian forces launched a new drone attack on southern Ukraine’s coastal Odesa region, including the Danube River port of Izmail,…
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Containers
New liner launches out of Dubai
A new name in liner shipping has just been launched looking to cash in on an area where container profits…
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Europe
Turkish ships, backed by NATO planes, call in Ukraine
Turkey, which has been central to getting grain exports through the Black Sea over the past year, looks like it…
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Europe
Merchant shipping at the sharp end of escalating crisis in the Black Sea
Merchant shipping is at the sharp end of the escalating crisis in and around Ukraine, which risks dragging more combatants…
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Europe
Ships pull back in wake of latest Russian attacks
Ships are backing up along the western edge of the Black Sea at the entrance to the Danube and outside…
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Containers
Russian box volumes soar
Shorn from many links with the West, Russia has still managed to welcome very solid amounts of container traffic. Box…
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