Ukraine War

UPDATE: “The Estonian-owned cargo ship Helt SUNK on Thursday off the Ukrainian port of Odesa after an explosion,” Igor Ilves, managing

By Marc Champion (Bloomberg) With a naval fleet reported near the Ukrainian city of Odesa and the city of Kherson taken, it’s increasingly clear that

A Bangladeshi ship anchored at the northern Black Sea port of Olvia in Ukraine has reportedly been hit by a missile, killing one crew member. Footage of the

by John Konrad (gCaptain) NATO’s Allied Maritime Command today said there is a high risk of collateral damage on civilian shipping in the northwestern

By Pratima Desai LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped to near eight-year highs and wheat to 14-year peaks, while aluminum, Dutch gas

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) While the US Navy and large NATO powers remain notably absent from the Black Sea few assets are available in the region to

By Marc Champion (Bloomberg) – Olga Saminina is the kind of person in the kind of city Russian President Vladimir Putin might have expected to welcome

By Bryce Baschuk (Bloomberg) Importers from London to Warsaw will soon face higher shipping costs, longer delays and an obstacle course of sanctions to

The Canadian government is taking steps to ban Russian-owned or registered ships and fishing vessels from Canadian ports and inland waters. The move comes a

UPDATE: Scroll down to find the US Coast Guard’s official response to this article. by John Konrad (gCaptain) The senior ship pilot of a major American

The UK Secretary of State for Transport is calling on UK ports to prohibit vessels linked to Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. “Prohibiting

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — The escalating crisis over Ukraine has catapulted the cost of shipping oil by sea.  Freight rates for hauling crude

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jonathan Spicer (Reuters) – Turkey’s pledge to block some Russian warships from passing through its waters to the Black Sea

MOSCOW/LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Buyers of Russian oil have faced difficulties over payments and availability of vessels after imposition of

Editors’ Note: According to the 9/11 commission report, the United States and its allies suffered from a failure imagination prior to the attacks. This

By Elena Mazneva, Feb 27, 2022,(Bloomberg) –European leaders talking up plans to wean the continent off Russian natural gas are facing a harsh

Today the Guardian reported that the UK may restrict Russian ships from using British ports after it emerged that an oil tanker owned by Sovcomflot,

By Salma El Wardany, Áine Quinn and Abdel Latif Wahba Feb 27, 2022, (Bloomberg) –Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is rippling through global crop

ISTANBUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Turkey called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “war” on Sunday in a rhetorical shift that could

In yestertday’s episode of What’s Going on With Shipping, Dr Sal Mercogliano – former merchant mariner and maritime historian –