Tag: Russia

With shipowners taking additional efforts to safely evacuate seafarers who are trapped in the Black Sea,  22 crew members from the Philippines on MTM Rio Grande were evacuated with the help of private armed personnel.

Three Panama-flagged ships have been hit by missiles in the Black Sea, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. 

ShipMedCare, a tele-medical service provider in Greece which specializes in medical tele-consulting services to shipping companies and seafarers, joined forces with Prime Marine to help battle the humanitarian crisis affecting the families of their seafarers.

Ukraine has recommended reducing the number of ship's crew for vessels currently located in the ports of Ukraine to the minimal safe number to keep vessels operational and the evacuation of seafarers via humanitarian corridors to neighbouring countries.

Predictive Maritime Intelligence company Windward releases insights on how moral sanctions affect world fleet availability.

After months of being trapped at sea due to the pandemic, the current war in Ukraine is holding hundreds of thousands of seafarers hostage from the global merchant fleet. This can have a major impact on maritime transport, says the Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association.

According to shipping industry groups, some seafarers coming from Russia and Ukraine have been refused entry at the US port, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

After confirming the halt of trading in Russian oil, Equinor shuts down its operations in the country. 

MSC became the first major liner major to take measures against the volatile fuel bills, as it announced fuel surcharges that will be reviewed on a fortnightly – not monthly – basis.

Predictive Maritime Intelligence company Windward releases insights on the Baltic Sea - an important area that has been left out of the spotlight in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine crisis.