Tag: Ukraine

Because of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the latter’s Ministry of Infrastructure ordered to shut down the seaports of Mariupol, Kherson, Berdiansk, and Skadovsk until Ukraine regains control over them.

Just under 500 seafarers remain sheltered awaiting evacuation onboard 109 ships at Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, down from 2,000 six weeks ago.  

IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) 105 adopted a resolution on actions to facilitate the urgent evacuation of seafarers.

Nautilus International has joined with other maritime organisations, businesses and charities in the Seafarers' Initiative in Dutch Ports, which is aimed at assisting seafarers affected by the Ukraine conflict.

The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), a non-governmental organization headquartered in Tokyo, is working with The Seafarers’ Charity to support port workers and their families impacted by the war in Ukraine.

Bureau Veritas published its revenue results for the first quarter of 2022, noting that it provides only essential safety and environmental services in Russia, after Ukraine invasion.

Greenpeace Nordic activists are blocking the oil tanker Ust Luga, and preventing it from offloading Russian oil into the port.

President Joe Biden announced that the US will ban Russian-affiliated ships from American ports, joining Canada and Europe in the latest step to pressure Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

V.Group has requested NATO to provide naval escorts for shipping in the Black Sea, due to concerns that vessels could be at risk, because of the conflict in Ukraine, according to the Financial Times. However, the inquiry was rejected by NATO.

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) raised €1.4 million and assembled a team of 320 psychologists, mostly from Ukraine, to help traumatised families of seafarers who have been impacted by the war in Ukraine.