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November 14, 2024
The Russian emergency situation ministry announced that on Thursday, Russian rescuers brought back a young female killer whaling to the Sea of Okhotsk after it washed up in the Far East. The ministry released a video showing a killer whale stranded on sand that was covered in snow.
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October 3, 2024
Kazakh officials announced on Thursday that Kazakhstan had halted its grain exports to Russia. They also said they asked Moscow to prove the claims of having violated plant health rules, which Moscow cited as the reason for a ban on imports and transits of Kazakh grain.
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November 13, 2024
On Wednesday, a bomb placed under a car in the occupied Crimean city of Sevastopol exploded and killed a senior Russian navy officer. A Kyiv-based security source claimed that this was an attack by Ukraine on its most important target to date.
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November 13, 2024
On Wednesday, a bomb placed under a car in the occupied Crimean city of Sevastopol exploded and killed a Russian soldier. A Kyiv-based security source claimed that this was an attack by Ukraine on a senior naval officer accused of war crime.
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November 12, 2024
Two people familiar with the plan on Tuesday said that oil exports from Russia’s Black Sea Port of Novorossiisk will decline from 2.42 millions metric tons to 1,89 million metric tonnes, or about 460,000 barrels per daily, in November, from 2,42 million tons in Oct.
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November 11, 2024
LSEG data and traders' reports show that India and Saudi Arabia were top destinations for Russian seaborne VGO and fuel oil exports. According to calculations based upon LSEG data, the total fuel oil and VGO exported from Russian ports in October decreased by 3% compared to September.
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November 7, 2024
Moroccan importers booked several loads of European Union wheat over the past few days, boosting EU exports amid fierce competition in the Black Sea so far this year, traders reported on Thursday. According to traders, Moroccan buyers purchased…
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November 6, 2024
A senior South Korean official revealed on Thursday that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke with Donald Trump, the U.S. president-elect. They discussed maintaining close ties in all fields including security and economy. The official…
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October 31, 2024
The Coast Guard of Finland said that it had detected constant disruptions in satellite navigation signals over the Baltic Sea from April. In recent weeks, tankers have been spoofing location data in order to hide visits to Russia. Lulu Ranne…
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October 29, 2024
LSEG data showed that Turkey increased its imports of Russia’s Urals crude to 7,41 million barrels in October from 5,15 million barrels in September, due to a rise in demand and the completion of refinery maintenance. After the STAR refinery…
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October 25, 2024
Black Sea CPC blend oil exports via Caspian Pipeline Consortium's (CPC) system will increase in November, after maintenance at Kazakhstan's Kashagan oilfield is completed. Two sources said that exports will increase to 1.42 million barrels a day (bpd)…
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October 23, 2024
The chief executive of InVivo, a cooperative that produces wheat for export in France and Ukraine, said Wednesday the group is looking at new markets to expand after being beaten by Russian wheat to Algeria. Thierry Blandinieres, a member of the group that has a range of activities…
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October 21, 2024
On Monday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated that he had met with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoan to discuss safe navigation of shipping in the Black Sea. I also stressed the importance of freedom of navigation on the Black Sea.
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October 20, 2024
A Russian-installed official said on Sunday that the Black Sea Fleet of Russia was forced to remove many warships, from the naval base in Sevastopol, on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. This is due to the attacks by Ukraine.
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October 17, 2024
LSEG data and traders' reports on Thursday showed that China and Saudi Arabia were top destinations for Russian seaborne VGO and fuel oil exports. According to calculations based upon LSEG data, the total fuel oil and VGO exported from Russian ports rose 2% in August to 4.2 million metric tonnes.
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October 15, 2024
The Russian authorities announced on Tuesday that they had rescued the man, whose boat drifted in the waters of the northwest Pacific for 67 consecutive days. However, his brother and nephew perished during the ordeal. Images on social media…
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October 11, 2024
The first deputy minister of agriculture Taras Vysotskiy stated on Friday that Ukraine's grain exports in 2024/25 are expected to drop to 40 million metric tonnes from nearly 51 million tons in the previous year due to a smaller crop. Vysotskiy…
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October 11, 2024
The first deputy minister of agriculture Taras Vysotskiy stated on Friday that Ukraine's grain exports in 2024/25 are expected to drop to 40 million metric tonnes from nearly 51 million tons in the previous year due to a smaller crop. Vysotskiy…
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October 10, 2024
Insurance sources and a broker reported on Thursday that a series of Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian Black Sea port infrastructure, as well as commercial vessels, has caused a spike in insurance rates and forced some shipowners cancel bookings.
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October 10, 2024
Insurance sources and a broker reported on Thursday that a series of Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian Black Sea port infrastructure, as well as commercial vessels, has caused a spike in insurance rates and forced some shipowners cancel bookings.
