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Russian Sanctions

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


Friday, October 21, 2022
Spain Moves Yacht Linked to Russian Oligarch After Shipyard Payments Stop
Shipping

Spain Moves Yacht Linked to Russian Oligarch After Shipyard Payments Stop

By Joan Faus BARCELONA, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Spanish authorities moved a luxury yacht linked to the sanctioned head of Russian defense group

October 21, 2022
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022
oil tanker at anchor
Shipping

Shipowners Expect Crude Tanker Rates to Stay Strong Despite Russia Turmoil

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Prospects for the crude oil tanker market are expected to stay strong for at least the next year

October 19, 2022
Total Views: 641

Tuesday, October 18, 2022
File photo of an oil tanker at sea
Shipping

EU’s Sanctions Against Russia Risk Ensnaring More Oil Tankers

By Alberto Nardelli, Christopher Condon and Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) — The European Union’s latest sanctions on Russian petroleum could end up

October 18, 2022
Total Views: 1428

Monday, October 17, 2022
vlcc tanker
Shipping

Russia’s Rosneft Moves Into Tanker Chartering as EU Ban Looms

By Nidhi Verma MOSCOW/NEW DELHI, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Russia’s biggest oil exporter Rosneft has expanded its tanker chartering business to ease oil

October 17, 2022
Total Views: 1817

Russian Oil Exports Fall After Exxon Rejects Putin’s Ship Insurance Plan
News

Russian Oil Exports Fall After Exxon Rejects Putin’s Ship Insurance Plan

by Nidhi Verma  (Reuters) Oil output at the giant Exxon-led Sakhalin-1 Russian Pacific project collapsed following the U.S. major’s refusal to accept

October 17, 2022
Total Views: 2846

Saturday, October 15, 2022
Sovcomflot Logo Russian
Shipping

Russia Cuts Gasoline Exports

by David Evans (Reuters) Russia has cut gasoline exports via its ports and border crossings in September by 14% month-on-month to 256,204 tonnes amid refinery

October 15, 2022
Total Views: 2018

Thursday, October 13, 2022
Ships bridge silhouetted with Antarctic Icebergs on the Horizon
Shipping

Russia Sanctions Spur Demand for Ice-Class Oil Tankers

By Serene Cheong and Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) — The cost of oil tankers that can navigate icy waters has surged ahead of looming European Union

October 13, 2022
Total Views: 1440

Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Finland Blocks Helsinki Shipyard from Delivering Icebreaker to Russian Mining Company
Shipbuilding

Finland Blocks Helsinki Shipyard from Delivering Icebreaker to Russian Mining Company

The Finnish Government is blocking Helsinki Shipyard from delivering an icebreaker to Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel. The shipyard, which is known for

October 5, 2022
Total Views: 23321

Wednesday, September 28, 2022
File photo of an oil tanker at sea
Shipping

EU Considers Russian Oil Shipping Ban as Part of Price Cap

By Alberto Nardelli and Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) — The European Union is considering adding shipping restrictions to its oil sanctions as the bloc

September 28, 2022
Total Views: 1166

Sunday, September 18, 2022
Putin To Europe: If You Want Gas Then Open Nord Stream 2
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
Total Views: 3864

Saturday, September 17, 2022
Oil Tanker Rates Bubbling Up As Russia Disrupts Trade
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: 1852

Friday, September 16, 2022
Russian Billionaire Sues France Over Seized Yachts
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: 4191

Thursday, September 15, 2022
general cargo bulk ship
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: 3596

Monday, September 12, 2022
vlcc tanker
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: 6603

Saturday, September 10, 2022
Russian-flagged oil tanker Pegas docked in Greece
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: 36728

lng ship
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: 4668

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: 1812

Thursday, September 8, 2022
Greenpeace Sailboat blocking LNG tanker
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: 29430

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: 5795

Saturday, August 27, 2022
Russia’s Burning Of Excess Gas Is An Environmental Disaster
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: 4323
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