Tag: ban

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.

On January 28, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) banned the importation of seafood produced the the Vanuatu-flagged longliner Da Wang.

Indonesia allowed 37 vessels loaded with coal to depart, in the strongest sign yet that the world's biggest thermal coal exporter is relaxing its ban on shipments.

Indonesia allowed 14 vessels loaded with coal to depart as soon as they secure verifications from mining and transport authorities.