Ukraine
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Dry Cargo
All eyes on Chornomorsk for signs of grain movement out of the Black Sea
Those involved in the global transport of grain are watching the port of Chornomorsk, southwest of Odesa, closely today, looking…
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Dry Cargo
Owners and insurers wary of Ukraine grain deal
Shipowners and insurers are reacting with caution to Friday’s news of a deal hammered out between Russia and Ukraine, assisted…
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Dry Cargo
Deal to ship Ukrainian grain expected to be signed this evening
An agreement for shipping grain from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea will be signed on Friday evening with the…
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Dry Cargo
Russia accused of ‘grain laundering’
With Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations tipped to sign a deal this week aimed at resuming the shipping…
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Dry Cargo
Recapturing of Snake Island opens new grain export routes for Ukraine
With Ukraine taking back the strategically important Snake Island at the end of last month, alternate grain export routes are…
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Regulatory
Shipping must navigate its way through 2,400 sanctions in wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Shipping has to navigate more than 2,000 sanctions in the new complex trading world following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. UK-based…
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Ports and Logistics
Alternate Ukrainian export hubs emerge
Multiple options are opening up to ship goods out of war-torn Ukraine, a nation that closed all its ports on…
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Operations
Russian missile hits Moldovan tanker for second time
Moldova-flagged chemical tanker Millennial Spirit, which has been drifting in the Black Sea for over four months, was hit by…
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Dry Cargo
Russian ship suspected of carrying Ukrainian grain leaves Turkey
Russian general cargo ship under suspicion of carrying stolen Ukrainian grain left the Turkish port of Karasu late on Wednesday,…
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Tankers
Zelenskyy urges Greek owners to stop moving Russian oil
Greek shipowners have come under fire again from Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, for their continued shipments of Russian…
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Dry Cargo
Kiev claims Turkey has detained Russian ship carrying Ukrainian grain
A general cargo ship carrying 7,000 tonnes grain from a Russian-occupied region of Ukraine was detained by Turkish customs authorities…
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Europe
UNCTAD reports on how the war in Ukraine is hiking shipping costs worldwide
In a new report the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has detailed how the war in the…
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Operations
Ukraine hits Black Sea rig for second time
Ukrainian military forces have attacked a drilling platform in the Black Sea owned by the Crimean oil and gas company,…
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Offshore
Ukraine strikes drilling platforms off Crimea
Ukrainian military forces targeted offshore oil and gas drilling platforms in the Black Sea on Monday, the country’s officials and…
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Dry Cargo
Urgent Ukraine wheat export solutions sought
Ukraine has an estimated 25m to 30m tonnes of grain, which urgently needs to move as this year’s next crop…
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Contributions
The futility of sanctions
It’s been one of the big talking points this week at Posidonia. Santosh Patil adds his thoughts to the sanctions…
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Europe
Greek owners decry sanctions
It was a case of standing room only at a packed room at the Astir Palace for the final session…
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Tankers
Iranian ships seen carrying Russian crude out of the Black Sea
Iranian-controlled vessels have been drafted in to ship Russian crude out of the Black Sea in the latest chapter of…
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Tankers
The tanker fallout from impending Russian insurance ban
The likely insurance ban that both the UK and the European Union are looking to put on any tankers carrying…
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Europe
More foreign ships targeted in Ukrainian waters
Concern is mounting for ships remaining in Ukrainian waters after another vessel was holed by Russian munitions and reports emerge…
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