Russia

Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is being forced to renegotiate charters for four tankers that are part of its Russian business as sanctions tighten. MOL said it needed…

A Russian warship fired warning shots and boarded a small bulk carrier in international water, claiming it was headed to Ukraine in the Black Sea on Sunday, according to Russia’s Defense…

Determined to render assistant to the continent , Russian President Vladimir Putin, , has disclosed that his government has written off $23 billion debt burden of African countries. Putin…

Russia’s Federal Security Service has stated  that Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, had incited an “armed rebellion” after Prigozhin—who accused the Russian military of attacking…

A.P. Moller - Maersk has completed the sale of the last of its land-based assets in Russia as part of its commitment announced 11 months ago to end its business in the country. The…

In a sign of increasing regulatory interest in Russian ship-to-ship petroleum transfers, Spanish authorities have banned the tanker Maersk Magellan from unloading in Tarragona because she…

The pace of agricultural exports from Ukrainian seaports has fallen to the lowest level since the launch of the Black Sea Grain Initiative last August, according to the nation's agriculture…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, ordered a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to run during Orthodox Christmas, a move quickly dismissed by war-battered Kyiv and its allies.…

Sweden and Finland are preparing for a potentially historic decision “before midsummer” on whether to apply to join NATO as a deterrent against Russian aggression. Sweden and…

The costs of insuring merchant ships sailing to ports in the Black Sea has spiraled out of control, becoming a huge potential impediment to the movement of Russian cargoes from the region.…