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According to International news, six cargo ships are scheduled to arrive at Odesa Coast after the extension of grain agreement. The bulk carriers Negmar Cicek, ASL Ileana, Rizabey, and SSI Pride are expected to dock at the port of Chornomorsk, while BC Callisto and Deniz M are scheduled to dock at the port of Odesa.

Today in Geneva, the United Nations and the Russian Federation agreed on the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative by 60 days which is half the number of days agreed when it first expired in November.

On the 10th of March, Euronav signed an agreement with UN to sell a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) as part of a wider salvage operation for the FSO Safer vessel in Yemen.

Hempel A/S coatings company has released a statement to announce its decision to join the International Maritime Organization (IMO's) Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety. 

Royal Belgian Shipowners Association applauds the historic move by the UN, to finalize High Seas Treaty, the international treaty for the protection of high seas biodiversity, after years of negotiations. Also, the Association acknowledges Belgian government’s active role in the development and finalisation of the agreement.

IMO has welcomed the landmark agreement on a new oceans treaty to protect marine biodiversity on the high seas. Negotiators from more than 100 countries completed a UN treaty to protect the high seas on Saturday 5 March 2023, a long-awaited step that environmental groups say will help reverse marine biodiversity losses and ensure sustainable development.

FSO Safer, that has been described as a “floating time bomb”, moored in the Red Sea is still waiting for a new vessel to remove its cargo of 1.1 million barrels of oil.

UN and Ukraine agreed to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative by 120 days, aiming to ease global food shortages by facilitating Ukraine's agricultural exports from its southern Black Sea ports.

During COP27, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres called for a historic pact between developed and developing countries to combine capacities, and pivot the world towards reducing carbon emissions, transforming energy systems and avoiding a climate catastrophe.

A report presented to the General Assembly by the Working Group examines violations of human rights and humanitarian law perpetrated by private military and security companies, mercenaries and related actors in  maritime.