Tag: Ukraine

During a recent senior leadership field trip to Ukraine, Human Rights At Sea (HRAS) embarked on a series of meetings with state-level institutions, significant stakeholders in the maritime industry, legal and academic experts and maritime training institutions to address human rights concerns both at a state level and within the maritime domain. 

Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, informs that the Ukrainian shipping corridor remains open for vessels.

According to NorthStandard P&I Club, a Russian Government Order that is restricting the entry of Ukrainian nationals into Russia, as of today has come into force.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is imposing sanctions on two entities and identifying as blocked property two vessels that used Price Cap Coalition service providers while carrying Russian crude oil above the Coalition-agreed price cap.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands has lowered the security level setting for vessels operating within the Russian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to Security Level II but urges a setting of Security Level III for all RMI- registered vessels operating in the EEZ of Ukraine.

Greece offered a potential alternative route for Ukrainian grain exports, to aid in the movement of goods after the expiration of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. 

According to the UK Government, intelligence reveals Russia may use sea mines to target civilian shipping in the Black Sea to deter the export of Ukrainian grain.

Danish Shipping and the Ukrainian trade union Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU) have put pen to paper on a collective agreement initially covering Ukrainian officers on Danish-flagged ships.

Miller (re)insurance broker, Clearwater Dynamics (CWD) and the Ukrainian Authorities, have joined forces to offer full War Risks insurance coverage for vessels operating in the Black Sea.

According to Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, three more cargo vessels use the route to the ports of Chornomorsk and Pivdenij in the Black Sea, poised to facilitate the loading of export products.