30 MAR 2022 The Ukrainian foreign ministry has accused Russian forces of setting Soviet-era naval mines adrift in order to disrupt shipping and discredit Ukraine. In particular, the ministry asserted, Russia has used mines that were stored in Sevastopol and were captured from Ukraine during the first Russian invasion in …
Read More »30 MAR 2022 With more than 1,000 seafarers stranded on ships in Ukrainian ports and food supplies running low, the United Nations is pressing for their safe passage out of danger but security risks and disagreements are hobbling those efforts, maritime sources say. Russia’s military took control of waterways when …
Read More »29 MAR 2022 A French court has ordered the release of the Russian bulk carrier Pola Ariake from the port of Lorient, where she has been held since early March. The Pola Ariake arrived at Lorient on February 27, three days after the start of the invasion of Ukraine. She is owned by …
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28 MAR 2022 South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries announced that it has filed a legal challenge to the European Commission’s decision earlier this year to block the planned merger of its shipbuilding operations with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Confirmation of the lawsuit came however as Hyundai said it …
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27 MAR 2022 Britain said on Monday it will force ferry operators docking in its ports to pay the minimum wage as it stepped up pressure on P&O Ferries to rehire 800 workers who the company fired without notice in favor of cheaper staff. P&O, which is owned by Dubai ports firm …
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26 MAR 2022 India is leaning toward continuing to import coking coal from Russia, the steel minister said on Sunday, seeming to buck a global trend to shun Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. “We are moving in the direction of importing coking coal from Russia,” Ramchandra Prasad Singh told …
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