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Monday, November 26, 2018
Seized Ukrainian ships
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Russia Ignores Western Calls to Free Captured Ukrainian Ships

By Andrew Osborn and Natalia Zinets MOSCOW/KIEV, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Russia on Monday ignored Western calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships

November 26, 2018
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Sunday, November 25, 2018
russia blocks sea of Azov
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Russia Blocks Ukrainian Navy from Entering Sea of Azov

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Russia stopped three Ukrainian navy vessels from entering the Sea of Azov via the Kerch Strait on Sunday by

November 25, 2018
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Monday, November 19, 2018
turkstream opening ceremony
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Russia’s Gazprom Says Offshore Part of TurkStream is Complete

ISTANBUL, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Construction of the offshore part of the TurkStream pipeline that will carry Russian gas across the Black Sea to Turkey has

November 19, 2018
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Monday, November 12, 2018
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
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Eighth Ice-Breaking LNG Carrier Heads to Yamal to Load Gas

By Sabina Zawadzki LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) – A new ice-breaking tanker capable of navigating the Arctic on its own is set to load its first

November 12, 2018
Total Views: 125

Monday, October 29, 2018
tanker underway at sea from the bridge
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Russian Oil Set to Lose Billions from IMO 2020 Ship-Fuel Rules

By Dina Khrennikova and Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) — Russia is set to suffer the biggest revenue losses from rules mandating cleaner marine

October 29, 2018
Total Views: 81

Thursday, October 25, 2018
LNG-Fueled Tanker Completes First Commercial Voyage from Russia to Rotterdam
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LNG-Fueled Tanker Completes First Commercial Voyage from Russia to Rotterdam

SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) – A crude oil tanker owned by Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot has completed its first voyage across the

October 25, 2018
Total Views: 89

Sunday, September 30, 2018
russian convoy Arctic ocean
Defense

U.K. to Step Up Arctic Patrols to Counter Russian Polar Threat

By Kitty Donaldson (Bloomberg) — The U.K. will send Royal Marines to Norway’s Arctic training program because of the growing threat of Russian

September 30, 2018
Total Views: 57

Friday, September 14, 2018
Russian Warships Hold Drills in Bering Sea in Huge Military Exercise
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Russian Warships Hold Drills in Bering Sea in Huge Military Exercise

MOSCOW, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Russian warships held drills in the Bering Sea which separates Russia from Alaska, part of Moscow’s biggest military

September 14, 2018
Total Views: 35

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Christophe de Margerie LNG carrier
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Three New Arc7 LNG Carriers Headed for Russia’s Yamal LNG Terminal

By Sabina Zawadzki LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Three new liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers capable of plowing through the Arctic ice have completed sea

September 5, 2018
Total Views: 412

Friday, August 31, 2018
yamal lng
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Russia’s Yamal LNG Exports Accelerate in Time for Winter

Liquefied natural gas exports from Novatek's Yamal terminal in the Arctic have come on stream faster than expected over the summer and exceeded volumes from

August 31, 2018
Total Views: 154

Thursday, August 30, 2018
U.S. Warns Russia Against Blocking Commercial Ship Passage Into Ukraine
Defense

U.S. Warns Russia Against Blocking Commercial Ship Passage Into Ukraine

by Lesley Wroughton (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Thursday called on Russia to cease what it called “harassment of international shipping”

August 30, 2018
Total Views: 22

Tuesday, August 21, 2018
lng carrier
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LNG Heads Out the Door as Asia Outbids European Utilities

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Northwest European liquefied natural gas terminals are for the first time exporting more of the fuel than they are

August 21, 2018
Total Views: 34

Friday, June 29, 2018
wheat bulk ship
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Russia Taps Smaller Ports, Ship-to-Ship Transfers to Keep Pace with Record Wheat Exports

By Anatoly Medetsky (Bloomberg) — Russia has so much wheat that it can’t export it all via the usual methods, so shippers are increasingly turning to a

June 29, 2018
Total Views: 91

Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Watch: Russian Nuclear Submarine Rapid-Fires Four Ballistic Missiles
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Watch: Russian Nuclear Submarine Rapid-Fires Four Ballistic Missiles

The Russian Defense Ministry has released video of nuclear-powered Borei-class submarine test firing a barrage of four Bulava missiles from below the surface.

May 23, 2018
Total Views: 217

Monday, May 21, 2018
Russia’s First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Arrives in the Arctic
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Russia’s First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Arrives in the Arctic

By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) – Russia’s first-floating nuclear power plant arrived in the Arctic port of Murmansk over the

May 21, 2018
Total Views: 149

Tuesday, April 17, 2018
msc containership
News

MSC Stops Trade with Sanctioned Russian Entities

LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has stopped any new trade with Russian entities targeted by U.S. sanctions, the

April 17, 2018
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Novorossiisk port
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Russian Oil Product Exports from Black Sea Port ‘Collapse’ Due to Managerial Conflict -Transneft

LONDON/MOSCOW, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Shipments of oil products from a Russian Black Sea port, hit by a managerial conflict, have “collapsed”,

February 21, 2018
Total Views: 75

Tuesday, February 20, 2018
lng powered tanker
News

Shell Time Charters Two Pioneering LNG-Powered Tankers from SCF Group

Russian state-owned shipping company SCF Group has signed time charter agreements with a unit of Royal Dutch Shell for the charter of two of the world’s

February 20, 2018
Total Views: 292

Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Arctech Helsinki Delivers Fourth and Final Multi-Functional Icebreaker to Russia’s SCF Group
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Arctech Helsinki Delivers Fourth and Final Multi-Functional Icebreaker to Russia’s SCF Group

Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has delivered the fourth icebreaker in a four-vessel series for Russian shipping company SCF Group (Sovcomflot). The

February 7, 2018
Total Views: 94

Friday, January 26, 2018
Despite Sanctions, North Korea Exported Coal to South and Japan via Russia -Intelligence Sources
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Despite Sanctions, North Korea Exported Coal to South and Japan via Russia -Intelligence Sources

By Guy Faulconbridge, Jonathan Saul and Polina Nikolskaya PARIS/LONDON/MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) – North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year which

January 26, 2018
Total Views: 73