Ukraine War

Here is gCaptain’s full coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.


Monday, October 17, 2022
port of Berdiansk fire
Navy

OP-ED Russian Navy Will Keep Attacking Transportation Infrastructure

OP-ED by Benjamin Jensen (American University, TheConversation) In response to massive battlefield setbacks, Russia has increased its attacks in Ukraine on

October 17, 2022
Total Views: 2487

Saturday, October 15, 2022
wheat bulk ship
Shipping

Soaring Dollar Leaves Food Piled Up In Ports As World Hunger Grows

(Bloomberg) –Food importers from Africa to Asia are scrambling for dollars to pay their bills as a surge in the US currency drives prices even higher for

October 15, 2022
Total Views: 11526

Sunday, October 9, 2022
A cargo ship sails next to the Kerch bridge, after an explosion destroyed part of it, in the Kerch Strait, Crimea
Ship Fires

Russian Salvage Team Arrives At Kerch Strait Bridge

By Max Hunder and Jonathan Landay (Reuters) – Russian divers were to examine on Sunday the damage from a powerful blast on a road-and-rail bridge to

October 9, 2022
Total Views: 5151

Saturday, October 8, 2022
Kerch Strait Bridge Explosion
Defense

Explosion Cripples Kerch Strait Bridge

By Max Hunder and Jonathan Landay (Reuters) – A powerful truck explosion seriously damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea

October 8, 2022
Total Views: 4866

Saturday, October 1, 2022
Putin Ceremonial Guards
Ports

Putin Wrecked Mykolayiv’s Shipyards But Not Its Spirit

By Marc Champion (Bloomberg) As Russia’s President Vladimir Putin formalized his annexation of a swathe of Ukrainian territory on Friday, the governor of

October 1, 2022
Total Views: 3049

Thursday, September 29, 2022
A gas leak from Nord stream 1 is seen in the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea in this picture taken from the Swedish Coast Guard aircraft on September 28, 2022. Swedish Coast Guard/Handout via TT News Agency/via REUTERS
Offshore

Russia Says Nord Stream Likely Hit by State-Backed ‘Terrorism’

By Sabine Siebold and Charlotte Van Campenhout MOSCOW/BRUSSELS, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that leaks spewing gas into the

September 29, 2022
Total Views: 3746

Friday, September 23, 2022
UN Trade Body Calls for More and Bigger Ships to Prevent Worsening Food Crisis
Shipping

UN Trade Body Calls for More and Bigger Ships to Prevent Worsening Food Crisis

UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan is calling on the shipping industry to redouble its efforts to help get food and fertilizers from the Black Sea to

September 23, 2022
Total Views: 527

Sunday, September 18, 2022
167 Ships Have Left Ukraine Ports Since Grain Deal
Shipping

167 Ships Have Left Ukraine Ports Since Grain Deal

KYIV, Sept 18 (Reuters) – A total of 165 ships with 3.7 million tonnes of agricultural products on board have left Ukraine under a deal

September 18, 2022
Total Views: 1609

Saturday, September 17, 2022
U.N. Ship Leaves Ukraine With Wheat For Ethiopia
Shipping

U.N. Ship Leaves Ukraine With Wheat For Ethiopia

KYIV, Sept 17 (Reuters) – The third vessel charted by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk Black Sea port with

September 17, 2022
Total Views: 2091

Friday, September 9, 2022
Romanian Navy Flag Ceremony
Navy

Drifting Mine Hits Romanian Navy Ship

by Luiza Ilie (Reuters) A Romanian Navy dredger hit a drifting mine it was trying to defuse in bad weather on Thursday, but the crew of 75 were unharmed by

September 9, 2022
Total Views: 4984

Thursday, September 8, 2022
Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Port
News

Ukraine Grain Ship Deal Faces Mountains Of Trouble

By Jonathan Saul (Reuters) Too few ships are arriving in Ukraine to quickly clear mountains of grain built up over months of war despite a U.N.

September 8, 2022
Total Views: 6061

Sunday, September 4, 2022
Ukraine Dispatches Its Biggest Grain Convoy Of U.N. Deal So Far
Shipping

Ukraine Dispatches Its Biggest Grain Convoy Of U.N. Deal So Far

Sept 4 (Reuters) – Ukraine said it had dispatched its biggest convoy of grain vessels under a U.N.-brokered deal so far after 13 ships set sail from

September 4, 2022
Total Views: 2266

Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Russia Shells Grain Silos at Ukraine’s Second Biggest Port
Shipping

Russia Shells Grain Silos at Ukraine’s Second Biggest Port

KYIV, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Grain silos in Ukraine’s second biggest port, Mykolaiv, were hit by Russian shelling of the city on Tuesday,

August 31, 2022
Total Views: 1924

Monday, August 29, 2022
Russian cargo ship Sparta II
Navy

Russia Sealifts Weapons To Crimea

by Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) Russia has shipped a battery of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Syria to a Russian port near Crimea, according to an Israeli

August 29, 2022
Total Views: 7497

Sunday, August 28, 2022
UK Donating Undersea Minehunter Drones To Ukraine
Navy

UK Donating Undersea Minehunter Drones To Ukraine

Ministry Of Defence–The UK is giving underwater drones to Ukraine and training Ukrainian personnel in Britain to use them to clear their coastline of

August 28, 2022
Total Views: 1259

Saturday, August 27, 2022
Russian-flagged oil tanker Pegas docked in Greece.Picture taken January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik
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: 1621

Ukrainian Sailors Allowed To Leave Country To Help Crew Grain Ships
Shipping

Ukrainian Sailors Allowed To Leave Country To Help Crew Grain Ships

KYIV, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Merchant sailors will be allowed to leave Ukraine if they receive approval from their local military administrative body, the

August 27, 2022
Total Views: 6361

Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Insurers Cover Grain Ship from Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports
Shipping

Insurers Cover Grain Ship from Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports

By Noor Zainab Hussain Aug 23 (Reuters) – Broker Marsh and Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot said on Tuesday they have provided coverage for a

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 698

Sunday, August 21, 2022
Ukraine Food Crisis Video
Incidents

Watch: Could The Ukraine Grain Deal With Russia Fail?

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) According to The Economist the absolute levels of global hunger in 2022 could be the highest ever, as an exceptional set of

August 21, 2022
Total Views: 3388

Saturday, August 20, 2022
Two More Grain Ships Leave Ukraine
Shipping

Two More Grain Ships Leave Ukraine

ANKARA/KYIV, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Two more ships carrying grain have left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 1621