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March 23, 2025
After discussions with Ukrainian diplomats on Sunday, a U.S. delegation will meet with Russian officials to discuss progress towards a Black Sea ceasefire as well as a wider cessation in violence in the Ukraine war. The so-called "technical talks" come as U.S.
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March 21, 2025
CME Group, a financial markets operator, is developing plans to create a Black Sea Wheat Futures Contract that tracks Romanian and Bulgarian wheat prices. CME, the company that has U.S. Corn, Wheat and Soybean Futures that serve as global benchmarks for prices…
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March 21, 2025
Spiegel, citing anonymous security sources, reported that Germany had confiscated an old tanker, found drifting off its northern coast, believed to be a part of the shadow fleet Russia used to circumvent oil sanction. German authorities seized the Panama-flagged vessel…
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March 21, 2025
Spiegel, citing anonymous security sources, reported that Germany had confiscated an old tanker, found drifting off its northern coast, believed to be a part of the shadow fleet Russia used to circumvent oil sanction. German authorities seized the Panama-flagged vessel…
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March 18, 2025
The Crimean Peninsula, which Russia took from Ukraine in 2014., is the focal point of the most serious East-West conflict since the Cold War. It was widely believed that the fate of Crimea, and four provinces in which Russia has taken territory since it invaded Ukraine in 2022…
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March 18, 2025
VTB CEO Andrei Kostin announced on Tuesday that the deal for VTB to buy the Zvezda Shipbuilding Yard from Rosneft has fallen through because VTB-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation cannot finance the purchase. VTB currently runs USC, Russia’s largest shipbuilder.
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March 17, 2025
The oil prices rose on Monday as the United States pledged to continue attacking the Houthis in Yemen until they stop their attacks on shipping. Meanwhile, Chinese economic data fueled hopes of higher demand. Donald Trump, the President of the United States…
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March 11, 2025
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the top crude oil exporters in Asia, are boosting their cargoes for the region that is world's largest importer. China, which is the largest oil importer in the world, has emerged as the ground zero of the two exporters…
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March 11, 2025
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the top crude oil exporters in Asia, are boosting their cargoes for the region that is world's largest importer. China, which is the largest oil importer in the world, has emerged as the ground zero of the two exporters…
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March 7, 2025
Trade and shipping data revealed that Russia's seaborne vacuum gasoil and fuel oil exports fell 15% from the previous months to around 3.3 millions metric tons in February due to lower production and weather conditions, including storms, delays and drone attacks.
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March 6, 2025
A Russian military court sentenced a man Thursday to 15-years in prison for spying on the Russian navy on behalf Ukraine. Dmitry Levin was found guilty by the office of Russia’s prosecutor general of high treason, and of being a member of a terrorist group.
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March 6, 2025
Ship tracking data revealed that U.S. crude oil exports to India reached their highest level in two years last month, as refiners sought alternatives to Russian tankers and producers after the U.S. tightened sanctions. Kpler's ship tracking data showed that the U.S.
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March 5, 2025
The Royal Navy of Britain said Wednesday that it had monitored a Russian merchant ship and a warship this week as they traveled through the English Channel to the North Sea. The Royal Navy stated that HMS Somerset "watched each move" while Russia's…
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February 20, 2025
According to calculations based upon data from industry sources, the offline primary oil refinery capacity of Russia in February has been revised up by 82% compared to what was originally planned for this month. In February, idle primary oil…
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February 20, 2025
Two sources with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday that oil loadings at Russia's Black Sea Port of Novorossiisk resumed on Tuesday night, after being idle for two consecutive days due to storms. The storm caused the suspension of oil loadings at the Russian Black Sea port Novorossiisk…
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February 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs stated on Wednesday that a potential ceasefire in Ukraine and the resulting easing of sanctions against Russia is unlikely to increase Russia's crude oil flow. The administration of U.S. president Donald Trump said Tuesday that it had agreed to have more talks with Russia. In Ukraine.
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February 13, 2025
A senior official patrolling the busy Gulf of Finland ship lane on Thursday said that Estonia's Navy is ready to take action against vessels that are a threat to Baltic Sea infrastructure, even if they were in international waters. After a series power…
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February 13, 2025
Five sources and shipping data indicate that a few newer Chinese terminals have recently begun receiving oil tankers sanctioned from the U.S. This has provided logistical relief after a large port operator suddenly banned such deliveries last week.
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February 12, 2025
In a press conference broadcast on television in Moscow, Sudanese foreign minister Ali Yusef Sharif announced that an agreement had been reached to create a Russian Naval Base in Sudan. There are no obstacles, we are in total agreement. Sharif…
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February 12, 2025
The Russian emergency ministry announced on Wednesday that some of the 300 Russians stranded in the Sea of Okhotsk, in the Western Pacific, refused to be evacuated. The ministry posted a message on Telegram saying that 109 fishermen were rescued by helicopters and boats…
