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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
Shipping

India Is Building a Sanctions-Proof Supply Chain for Russian Oil

Oil refiners in India — eager to keep importing cheap crude from Russia — are working with merchants, shippers and other middlemen to rebuild supply chains

February 12, 2025
Total Views: 2626

Aerial of Liquified Natural Gas LNG carrier moored to a small gas terminal
Featured

Another Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ LNG Tanker Abandons Voyage After Five Months, Offloads Cargo to FSU

U.S. sanctions continue to severely hamper Russia’s efforts to deliver LNG from the designated Arctic LNG 2 plant to customers. Five months after loading

February 12, 2025
Total Views: 111910

Monday, February 10, 2025
Russia Emergency Services Work to Prevent Oil Spill from Grounded Bulk Carrier
Grounding Incidents

Russia Emergency Services Work to Prevent Oil Spill from Grounded Bulk Carrier

An emergency response team in Russia’s Pacific port of Nevelsk is preparing to pump out fuel from a Chinese bulk carrier that ran aground over the weekend,

February 10, 2025
Total Views: 2358

Sunday, February 9, 2025
Chinese cargo ship runs aground off Russia's Sakhalin Island
Grounding Incidents

Parts Of Russia’s Sakhalin On High Alert After Cargo Ship Runs Aground

Feb 9 (Reuters) – A district in Russia’s Sakhalin region has been put on high alert after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off

February 9, 2025
Total Views: 3260

The NATO flag is hoisted on the patrol ship HMS Carlskrona for the first time
Energy

Baltic States Switch To European Power Grid, Ending Russia Ties

By Andrius Sytas and Janis Laizans VILNIUS, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from

February 9, 2025
Total Views: 1485

Saturday, February 8, 2025
NATO ships set out to patrol Baltic after cable damaged
Incidents

Russia’s Rostelecom Says Baltic Sea Cable Damaged

By Bloomberg News Feb 8, 2025 (Bloomberg) –A Russian underwater cable in the Baltic Sea has been damaged by an unspecified external impact, Tass

February 8, 2025
Total Views: 53381

ship to ship
Shipping

Russia Faces An Impending Oil Tanker Crisis As Sanctions Pile Up

By Julian Lee Feb 7, 2025 (Bloomberg) –On Jan. 10, the US Treasury sanctioned 161 oil tankers for their role in moving Russian oil. It was part of a

February 8, 2025
Total Views: 1226

Friday, February 7, 2025
Russia Assembles Flotilla of LNG Carriers in Arctic Waters Ahead of EU Transshipment Ban
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Russia Assembles Flotilla of LNG Carriers in Arctic Waters Ahead of EU Transshipment Ban

Russia continues to amass LNG carriers in preparation of the impending EU transshipment ban. Starting in March 2025 EU export terminals will be off limits to

February 7, 2025
Total Views: 10568

Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ LNG Carrier Calls In Oman Signaling Possible Easing of Sanctions Concerns 
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Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ LNG Carrier Calls In Oman Signaling Possible Easing of Sanctions Concerns 

After more than six months at sea sanctioned LNG carrier La Perouse has entered the Omani port of Duqm. It is the first time that a Russian LNG carrier, part

February 5, 2025
Total Views: 19505

Saturday, February 1, 2025
Moldova Ships First Delivery Of Gas To Transdniestria
Energy

Moldova Ships First Delivery Of Gas To Transdniestria

CHISINAU, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Moldovan energy company Moldovagaz shipped the first batch of 3 million cubic meters of natural gas on Saturday to

February 1, 2025
Total Views: 1582

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Ust-Luga oil terminal, Baltic pipeline system. Russia. View from the sea and reeds
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Ukraine Claims More Drone Strikes on Russia’s Oil Infrastructure

Ukraine claimed it successfully struck a Russian oil refinery and a pumping station on a vital crude pipeline with drones as Kyiv steps up its attacks on its

January 29, 2025
Total Views: 1273

LNG terminal in Barcelona, Spain
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EU Won’t Ban Russian LNG Until Alternative Sources Secured, Diplomats Say

 The European Commission did not propose a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas in its latest package of sanctions because member states raised concerns about

January 29, 2025
Total Views: 1037

Tanker EVENTIN adrift in the Baltic Sea
Shipping

Russia Set to Test New Delhi’s Nerve by Sending Sanctioned Oil and Tankers to India

(Bloomberg) — Russia is sending cargoes of sanctioned oil to India on tankers that have been blacklisted by the US Treasury — setting up an acid test

January 29, 2025
Total Views: 1321

Finnish Border Guard's ship Turva and oil tanker Eagle S sail on the sea outside the Porkkalanniemi, Finland
Incidents

Baltic Sea Shipping Tax Could Pay for Undersea Cable Protection, Says Estonian Minister

Shipping firms may need to pay a fee to use the Baltic Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, in order to cover the high costs of protecting

January 29, 2025
Total Views: 1147

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Video: Russian Nuclear Icebreaker Sustains Damage In Arctic Collision with Cargo Ship
Incidents

Video: Russian Nuclear Icebreaker Sustains Damage In Arctic Collision with Cargo Ship

Russian nuclear icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) suffered damage to its hull in a collision with a cargo ship while operating on the Northern Sea

January 28, 2025
Total Views: 33768

Russia Oil Trade to China, India Stalls as Sanctions Drive Up Shipping Costs
Energy

Russia Oil Trade to China, India Stalls as Sanctions Drive Up Shipping Costs

Trade for March-loading Russian oil in top buyer Asia has stalled as a wide price gap between buyers and sellers emerged in China after costs for chartering

January 28, 2025
Total Views: 1055

Monday, January 27, 2025
Stock photo of a tanker at sea
Shipping

Russian Oil Tankers U-Turn and Then Halt Near France After Storm

Two oil tankers hauling crude from Russia made U-turns as they sailed past France and are now at a standstill near the northern port of

January 27, 2025
Total Views: 19394

Tanker EVENTIN adrift in the Baltic Sea
Shipping

Russia’s Ust-Luga Oil Exports Fall to 4-year Lows in January

Russia's Ust-Luga port cut its oil loadings by half of its capacity in January to a four-year low partly due to technical issues on Transneft's pipeline

January 27, 2025
Total Views: 978

Friday, January 24, 2025
Russia’s Zvezda Shipyard Delivers First Arctic Oil Tanker After 3-Year Delay, But Vessel Already Sanctioned by US
Shipyard

Russia’s Zvezda Shipyard Delivers First Arctic Oil Tanker After 3-Year Delay, But Vessel Already Sanctioned by US

After years of trying to construct Arctic-capable oil and LNG tankers within Russia, the Zvezda shipyard in the Far East has, for the first time, succeeded in

January 24, 2025
Total Views: 7918

cyprus undersea cable
News

Russia Says it Does Not Threaten Undersea Cables After UK Raises Alarm

LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – The Russian Embassy in London said that Russia posed no threat to undersea cables in Britain and other NATO countries,

January 24, 2025
Total Views: 1468