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More stranded ships set to leave Ukraine
As the nears its safe harbour destination in Turkey, other ships in Ukraine are readying their voyage plans to exit…
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Europe
Hong Kong-flagged boxship the first to break out of Odesa
The , a 10-year-old, 9,400 teu boxship, will be today’s most watched ship via multiple vessel tracking sites as it…
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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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Europe
Ukraine proposes ‘humanitarian corridor’ to allow stranded ships to depart
Ukraine announced a “humanitarian corridor” in the Black Sea yesterday to release merchant ships stuck in its ports since the…
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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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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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Europe
Urgent talks underway to find a Black Sea shipping solution as Ukrainian ports suffer bombardment
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has held urgent discussions with his Turkish counterpart as well as the head of NATO over the…
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Operations
Black Sea shipping crisis escalates
Black Sea shipping has descended into dangerous chaos not experienced since the early months of the war in Ukraine. In…
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Operations
Russian owner SASCO lands on US sanctions list over Ukraine war
In what has turned out to be a roller-coaster week following Moscow’s decision to pull out of the Black Sea…
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Contributions
Time to look beyond the numbers when it comes to sanctions
Dominic McKnight Hardy, managing director of MIS Marine, on the new age of environmental regulation and sanction complexity. Today, the…
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Europe
Putin’s War: Maritime lawyer launches song to raise funds for Ukraine
A well-known maritime lawyer is using music to raise funds and awareness for Ukraine by releasing a song and video…
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Europe
Russia issues military threat to commercial shipping
Russia has warned that from today ships travelling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be considered potential military targets, as…
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Dry Cargo
Ukraine seeks alternatives as Black Sea Grain Initiative folds
Vessel tracking data shows clearly today that grain exports by ship from Ukraine are having to take a more circuitous…
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Dry Cargo
Russia backs out of Black Sea grain deal
Russia has officially withdrawn from a United Nations-backed deal to allow Ukrainian grain exports across the Black Sea. The deal,…
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