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Monday, June 24, 2024
LNG carrier Eduard Toll on the Northern Sea Route. (Source: Teekay)
Shipping

Russian LNG Shipments via Arctic Resume, Easing Red Sea and Sanctions Constraints

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – As Arctic sea ice retreats for the summer months Russia’s Northern Sea Route is again open for business. Days after oil

June 24, 2024
Total Views: 2151

Thursday, June 20, 2024
lng carrier
Shipping

EU Sanctions Package Hit Russian LNG, Shadow Fleet Tankers

By Alberto Nardelli (Bloomberg) — The European Union has approved a new package of sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, seeking to tighten the

June 20, 2024
Total Views: 1258

Friday, June 14, 2024
People watch Canadian navy patrol boat HMCS Margaret Brooke passing by Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Kazan as it enters Havana's bay, Cuba, June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Defense

U.S. Attack Sub, Canada Navy Ship Arrive in Cuba On Heels of Russian Warships

HAVANA, June 14 (Reuters) – A Canadian navy patrol ship sailed into Havana early on Friday, just hours after the United States announced a

June 14, 2024
Total Views: 9343

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov. Photo: CC BY 4.0/Mil.ru
Defense

Russia Conducts Naval Drills in Atlantic Ocean

MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) – A Russian naval frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine conducted missile drills in the Atlantic Ocean

June 11, 2024
Total Views: 2563

Monday, June 10, 2024
Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
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Russian Oil Transfer Near Singapore Reveals Moscow’s Efforts to Dodge U.S. Sanctions

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — The first Russian oil tanker attempting to deliver crude while under US sanctions made a secret cargo transfer onto another

June 10, 2024
Total Views: 4987

Thursday, June 6, 2024
The Maersk containership Venta Maersk transits the Northern Sea Route on a one-off trial run of the Arctic route
Shipping

Russia Predicts Record Cargo Volume on Arctic Route, Aims for Year-Round Container Shipping

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia continues to push ahead with plans to develop its Northern Sea Route into a year-round Arctic maritime shortcut. 

June 6, 2024
Total Views: 2321

Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Aerial view of tanker ship at sea. Stock Photo: Shutterstock/bob63
News

Russia Plans to Open Sea Terminal for LPG Exports to Asia by 2026

MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) – Russia will likely open its first liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal on the Pacific Ocean coast with joint investments

May 22, 2024
Total Views: 644

Friday, May 17, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting
News

UK Imposes Sanctions Over Russia-North Korea ‘Arms-for-Oil’ Trade

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) – Britain announced sanctions on Friday against three companies and one individual over what it called the “illicit

May 17, 2024
Total Views: 586

Monday, May 13, 2024
The Christophe de Margerie, an ice-class tanker fitted out to transport liquefied natural gas, is docked at the Yamal LNG facility in Arctic port of Sabetta, Yamalo-Nenets district, Russia March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Olesya Astakhova/File Photo
Offshore

What EU Sanctions on Russian LNG Would Mean for Global Gas

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) — Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe and its allies have looked for ways to

May 13, 2024
Total Views: 1172

Friday, May 10, 2024
Heavy lift vessel Wei Xiao Tian Shi. (Source: Jiangsu Fanzhou Shipping Company)
Shipping

Chinese Heavy Lift Vessel Carrying New Arctic LNG 2 Modules to Russia Despite Sanctions

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Just days after the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned four heavy lift vessels for carrying LNG technology to

May 10, 2024
Total Views: 5884

Thursday, May 2, 2024
Audax carrying a module for Arctic LNG 2 across the Arctic. (Source: Red Box Energy Services)
Shipping

U.S. Targets Russia’s Arctic Shipping Capacity in Latest Round of Sanctions

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – In an effort to further disrupt Russia’s ability to develop Arctic gas and oil projects the U.S. State Department

May 2, 2024
Total Views: 1107

Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Stock photo of a tanker at sea
Shipping

Western Insurers Say Russian Oil Price Cap Pushing More Ships to ‘Shadow Fleet’

LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) – A group of Western insurers has said a Russian oil price cap has become unenforceable and only pushed more ships into

April 30, 2024
Total Views: 663

Thursday, April 25, 2024
Christophe de margerie
Shipping

European Commission Expected to Propose New Sanctions on Russian LNG, Sources Say

By Julia Payne and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, April 25 (Reuters) – The European Commission’s next sanctions package is expected to propose

April 25, 2024
Total Views: 343

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
wheat bulk ship
Shipping

Second Egypt Wheat Ship Stuck in Russia Sails After 3-Week Wait

By Abdel Latif Wahba and Áine Quinn (Bloomberg) — An Egyptian wheat ship has been allowed to sail after waiting three weeks for the correct paperwork,

April 23, 2024
Total Views: 1650

Monday, April 15, 2024
Ice-resistant self-propelled platform Severniy Polus. (Source: Roshydromet)
Shipping

Russian Survey Platform Drifts Into Norwegian Territorial Waters

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – A Russian ice-resistant survey platform has drifted with pack ice into Norwegian territorial waters to the north of the

April 15, 2024
Total Views: 3641

Wednesday, April 10, 2024
File photo of an oil tanker at sea
Shipping

Russian Oil Trading Far Above the G7’s Price Cap Everywhere

(Bloomberg) — Russian oil is trading far in excess of a Group of Seven price cap that’s supposed to deprive Moscow of revenue for its war in Ukraine,

April 10, 2024
Total Views: 1015

Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Christophe de margerie
Shipping

Russia’s Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 Suspends Gas Liquefaction, Sources Say

By Marwa Rashad and Vladimir Soldatkin LONDON/MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) – Novatek, Russia’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has

April 2, 2024
Total Views: 2193

Hunter Star arriving at the Belokamenka shipyard with module TMS-005 on 31 March 2024. (Source: Belokamenka Yard)
Shipping

Heavy-Lift Vessel Delivers Sanctioned LNG Technology to Russian Arctic

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Following a nearly three-month voyage Chinese heavy lift vessel Hunter Star delivered the final liquefaction module for

April 2, 2024
Total Views: 3861

Russian Oil Tankers. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
Shipping

Russia’s Seaborne Crude Exports Surge to the Highest This Year

(Bloomberg) — Russia’s seaborne crude exports jumped in the final week of March to the highest so far this year, even as average shipments in

April 2, 2024
Total Views: 815

Sunday, March 31, 2024
Crew members check the deck of the Russian oil cargo Pure Point, carrying crude oil, anchored at a port in Karachi, Pakistan June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
Shipping

Russian Oil Arrives In Cuba After Year-Long Hiatus

By Marc Frank HAVANA, March 31 (Reuters) – Cuban state-run media said at the weekend that 90,000 metric tons of Russian oil had arrived in the cash and

March 31, 2024
Total Views: 1442