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Navy vessels from Australia and New Zealand will be exempt from a temporary ban on foreign ships entering the ports of the Solomon Islands, the Pacific island nation’s prime minister told parliament on Monday.

Since February, the EU has imposed sixth packages of sanctions against Russia, including targeted restrictive measures (individual sanctions), economic sanctions and diplomatic measures. The EU has also adopted sanctions against Belarus in response to its involvement in the invasion of Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has prompted the European Union and other bodies to impose a number of sanctions on Russia. The extensive import of energy (crude oil, oil products, LNG, coal) is not (yet) affected by sanctions, but the export and transhipment of containers in particular suffers from the uncertainty caused by the war and the sanctions, mentions the Port of Rotterdam authority.

Indonesia will lift its month-long ban on palm oil exports next week, President Joko Widodo said on May 21st.

Britannia Club's local local office in Singapore informed that a number of foreign flagged ships have been arrested after Indonesia imposed a ban on some forms of palm oil.

Japan will ban coal imports from Russia, escalating its sanctions, in some of its strongest moves yet to protest what it considers "outrageous" actions against civilians in Ukraine.

The government of Ireland has refused a request by a longshore union to deny entry to a tanker carrying Russian petroleum. 

The US is considering following Canada in barring Russian ships from U.S. ports, a government official said on March 2, while no decision has been made.

Omar Alghabra, Canada’s Minister of Transport, declared that the federal government has plans to ban Russian-registered or owned ships and fishing vessels in the internal waters and at Canadian ports.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP must provide clarity on how seafarers will be affected by Russian ships being banned from entering UK ports, The Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) has urged.