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Russian Sanctions

gCaptain’s full coverage of western sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine.


Friday, April 29, 2022
Shipping

Ship Insurers Cut Cover for Russia’s Sovcomflot as Sanctions Bite

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 29 (Reuters) – Western ship insurers are terminating cover for Russia’s leading shipping company

April 29, 2022
Total Views: 5470

Thursday, April 28, 2022
Shipping

Port of Antwerp Adapting to Loss of Russian Shipping Volumes, CEO Says

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) – The Port of Antwerp is adapting to losing shipping trade with Russia and its merger with the

April 28, 2022
Total Views: 2675

Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Shipping

Russia Continues to Dominate European Diesel Imports Despite Drop

By Ron Bousso and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) – European diesel imports from Russia are set to fall in April but will still exceed

April 27, 2022
Total Views: 2221

Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Ports

Russian Black Sea Oil Exports Double, Are Sanctions Still Working?

The volume of crude leaving the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk more than doubled but where is it going? By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) Asia is still snapping up

April 26, 2022
Total Views: 20712

Monday, April 25, 2022
Shipping

Norway Arrests Activists Blocking Tanker with Russian Oil

OSLO, April 25 (Reuters) – Norwegian police said they had arrested 20 Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion campaigners who on Monday blocked a

April 25, 2022
Total Views: 2585

Ports

Rotterdam Remains Open To Russia As Port Throughput Falls Just 1.5 Percent

By Toby Sterling (Reuters) Europe’s biggest port Rotterdam said that goods throughput fell by 1.5% in the first quarter as trade was hit by the impact of

April 25, 2022
Total Views: 3068

Saturday, April 23, 2022
News

Ukraine Criticizes Shell’s Rules on Russian Fuel Purchases

By Laura Hurst (Bloomberg) –The Ukrainian government criticized Shell Plc for setting rules that allow the company to buy refined products partly

April 23, 2022
Total Views: 2692

Thursday, April 21, 2022
Ports

Biden Bans Russian Ships From U.S. Ports

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the United States will ban Russian-affiliated

April 21, 2022
Total Views: 2540

Incidents

Sanctions Mistake Leads Greece To Release Russian Tanker And Crew

By Renee Maltezou and Jonathan Saul (Reuters) A Russian tanker impounded by Greece this week and reportedly carrying Iranian oil will be released amid

April 21, 2022
Total Views: 3189

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Shipping

U.S. Refiners Receiving Last Russian Oil Cargoes Before Sanctions Wind-Down

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON, April 20 (Reuters) – Nine tankers carrying Russian-origin crude and fuel oil have discharged in the United States

April 20, 2022
Total Views: 1950

Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Shipping

Greece Impounds Russian Tanker Over EU Sanctions Against Moscow

ATHENS, April 19 (Reuters) – Greece has impounded a Russian oil tanker off the island of Evia, the Greek coastguard said on Tuesday,

April 19, 2022
Total Views: 1607

Friday, April 15, 2022
Russian Super-yacht Owner Oleg Deripaska
News

Oligarch Yacht AIS Warns ‘Armed Security Onboard’ As It Sails Towards The Black Sea

After successfully transiting the Suez and entering the Mediterranean the sanctioned Russian oligarch-owned superyacht Clio, transmitted the AIS message

April 15, 2022
Total Views: 64084

Offbeat

DOJ’s KleptoCapture Needs Mariners To Upkeep Oligarch Superyachts

By Devon Pendleton (Bloomberg) When the superyacht Tango was seized by Spain at the behest of the U.S. last week, it marked a high-profile victory for the

April 15, 2022
Total Views: 36016

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Ports

Russia Faces Drop in Cargo Traffic, Container Shortage as Shipping Lines Pull Out

April 13 (Reuters) – Russia is bracing for a sharp decline in cargo flows and a deficit of containers after major international

April 13, 2022
Total Views: 31143

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Shipping

Costs to Ship Russian Oil Rise as Daily Rates Near $350,000

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Daily earnings for tankers shipping oil from Russia’s Baltic ports are soaring as shipowners continue to exercise

April 12, 2022
Total Views: 4419

Monday, April 11, 2022
News

Russian Oil Exports Are Forced On Longer Voyages To Find Buyers

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) Russia’s crude oil exports, a key source of revenue for Vladimir Putin’s regime, are showing no signs that they are starting to

April 11, 2022
Total Views: 4904

News

Traders Reroute Coffee Ships Away From Russia

By Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) – Traders are diverting coffee shipments that were initially expected to go to Russia, and some have stopped selling to

April 11, 2022
Total Views: 3142

Sunday, April 10, 2022
Shipping

Germany Is Actively Working To End Russian Oil Imports This Year 

By Andreas Rinke LONDON,(Reuters) – Germany could end Russian oil imports this year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday, signaling the urgency

April 10, 2022
Total Views: 2405

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Shipping

EU Countries On Global Hunt for Coal as Russian Ban Looms

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) – European buyers are increasing shipments of coal from across the globe against a backdrop of a proposed

April 6, 2022
Total Views: 1829

Shipping

Here’s How Much Oil the EU Imports from Russia

April 6 (Reuters) – The European Commission has proposed new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, including a ban on buying Russian

April 6, 2022
Total Views: 3029
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