Tag: Black Sea

Russia has opened a criminal investigation on the spill, which occurred during loading of the Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Symphony near the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, on 7 August. 

Russia authorities in the southern region of Krasnodar are investigating the reasons behind the recent oil spill off Black Sea coast.

Russia will limit transit of foreign military ships and other foreign state-owned ships in three regions of the Black Sea within Russian territorial waters.

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) expanded its drone services to assist in monitoring ship emissions in the Baltic Sea, as well as support surveillance in the Black Sea region.

In light of the coronavirus outbreak, Russia has reportedly announced that every vessel arriving at the Black Sea ports of Novorossiisk and Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka from Iran, Italy and South Korea has to be disinfected, a document seen by Reuters showed.

The Common maritime agenda for the Black Sea has officially launched on 17 February 2020 in Sofia, where representatives from seven Black Sea countries – Bulgaria, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine– convened for their first steering group meeting.

APM Terminals Poti, in west coast of Georgia, revealed plans for the creation of a deep-water port to the country. The plans require an investment of over 250 million USD of private capital for phase 1 and a substantial amount for phase 2 in an extensive development of the port infrastructure.

EMSA launched a project on maritime safety, maritime security and protection of the marine environment between the EU MS and Non-EU countries bordering the Black and Caspian Sea. EMSA has implemented the Black and Caspian Sea Regions Project for technical assistance bringing together national, European and international stakeholders with the aim to raise the safety, security and protection of marine environment standards.

As MACN reports, corruption is one of the most challenging risks for any business, and doing business in Ukraine is no exception. In Ukraine, the shipping industry faces challenges such as in connection with documentation handling and controls of on board practices regarding waste disposal, and ballast water discharge among others.

A fire on the Tanzanian-flagged LPG tanker 'Maestro' in the Black Sea has stopped after one-and-a-half month. The fire erupted on the two Tanzanian-flagged LPG tankers 'Venice' and 'Maestro', while they were transferring fuel in the Kerch Strait, Russia’s territorial waters, Black Sea.