Russian Sanctions

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


Sunday, September 18, 2022
Offshore

Putin To Europe: If You Want Gas Then Open Nord Stream 2

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Friday denied Russia had anything to do with Europe’s energy crisis, saying

September 18, 2022
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Saturday, September 17, 2022
Shipping

Oil Tanker Rates Bubbling Up As Russia Disrupts Trade

(Bloomberg) –Benchmark oil tanker earnings topped $50,000 a day for the first time in more than two years as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upends global

September 17, 2022
Total Views: 1922

Friday, September 16, 2022
Shipping

Russian Billionaire Sues France Over Seized Yachts

PARIS, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A Russian billionaire is suing French authorities in an effort to win back access to two of his yachts,

September 16, 2022
Total Views: 4251

Thursday, September 15, 2022
Shipping

Greek-Managed Bulk Carrier Shipped Coal From Russia After EU Sanctions

By Áine Quinn and Alberto Nardelli (Bloomberg) — A vessel managed by a company based in Greece transported coal from a port in Russia late last month,

September 15, 2022
Total Views: 3739

Monday, September 12, 2022
Shipping

Shipowners Rush for Ice-Class Tankers to Move Russian Oil This Winter

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — Oil tanker owners are snapping up vessels that can haul cargoes in icy seas, a development that could help Moscow overcome

September 12, 2022
Total Views: 6761

Saturday, September 10, 2022
Shipping

Russia Warns The West: Energy Price Cap Will Be Your Undoing

By Guy Faulconbridge and Felix Light LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Russia warned the West on Friday that plans to try to cap the price of

September 10, 2022
Total Views: 36785

Shipping

Russia Poised To Ship First Cargo From New LNG Plant To Greece

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) –Russia will send the first shipment from its newest liquefied natural gas terminal to

September 10, 2022
Total Views: 4775

Friday, September 9, 2022
Erdogan Will Ask Putin To Ship More Via Black Sea Corridor
News

Erdogan Will Ask Putin To Ship More Via Black Sea Corridor

by Yesim Dikmen (Reuters) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will urge Moscow to send goods though a U.N.-backed Black Sea corridor when he meets Russian

September 9, 2022
Total Views: 1863

Thursday, September 8, 2022
Incidents

Greenpeace Stops Russian LNG At Swedish Port

Today, Greenpeace blocked the LNG tanker Coral Energy from unloading Russian natural gas at a Finnish state-owned terminal, Gasum, in

September 8, 2022
Total Views: 29545

Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Russia Says West Is Breaking IMO Grain Deal
News

Russia Says West Is Breaking IMO Grain Deal

by Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the West was not honoring its promise to help Russian

September 6, 2022
Total Views: 5859

Saturday, August 27, 2022
Offshore

Russia’s Burning Of Excess Gas Is An Environmental Disaster

MOSCOW, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Russia is wasting large volumes of natural gas by burning it in a huge orange flare near the Finnish border at a

August 27, 2022
Total Views: 4445

Shipping

Britain Hasn’t Quite Managed To Kick Its Russian Diesel Habit

By David Goodman and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) –Britain has yet to completely remove its reliance on Russian fuel, according to data that contradicts an

August 27, 2022
Total Views: 1626

Friday, August 26, 2022
News

EU Ban Hits Russian Seaborne Coal Exports

(Bloomberg) Russian seaborne coal exports were effectively halted by a European Union ban on entities within the 27-nation bloc servicing shipments of the fuel

August 26, 2022
Total Views: 2554

Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Shipping

U.S. to Continue Record Crude Exports in 2023 as Energy Crisis Deepens

By Sheela Tobben and Devika Krishna Kumar (Bloomberg) — US crude sales overseas are set to hit fresh records through next year as American oil

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 2060

Shipping

Sanctions-Hit Russia Sending Fuel Oil to Asia Using Ship-to-Ship Transfers

MOSCOW, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Under pressure from Western sanctions, Russia is exporting more fuel oil to Asia and using ship-to-ship transfers to

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 2802

Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Shipping

Seized Russian Superyacht Auctioned Off in Gibraltar

By Joan Faus and Graham Keeley MADRID, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A $75-million superyacht linked to a sanctioned Russian steel billionaire was

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 6009

Monday, August 15, 2022
Shipping

Details of EU Ban on Russian Coal and Fertilizers Jolts Ship Insurers

By Alex Longley and Alberto Nardelli (Bloomberg) — The European Union jolted insurers and shippers by clarifying that a ban on EU entities servicing

August 15, 2022
Total Views: 3075

Saturday, August 13, 2022
Shipping

US Says India Hid Russian Origin Of Fuel Shipped To US

By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The United States has expressed concern to India that it was being used to export fuel made from

August 13, 2022
Total Views: 3377

Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Shipping

Russia Finds a New Oil Trading Route Via Tiny Egyptian Port

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Russia appears to have found a new means of getting its oil to market with western sanctions looming for Moscow. A cargo

August 3, 2022
Total Views: 5868

Sunday, July 31, 2022
Shipping

Russia Hits Southern Ukraine City, Killing Grain Exporter

By Natalia Zinets KYIV, July 31 (Reuters) – Heavy Russian strikes hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv overnight and early on

July 31, 2022
Total Views: 2428