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Action for seafarers: in 2024, a complete transition from paper applications is planned
In 2024, Ukraine plans to completely abandon paper applications for seafarers to confirm or upgrade their qualifications.
The destroyed Russian ship “Novocherkask” will be raised from the bottom of the port
The destroyed Russian ship “Novocherkask” is planned to be raised from the bottom of the port of Feodosia and cut up.
In Mariupol, the Russians do not have an icebreaker and a crew to use the port in winter
The water area of Mariupol port is frozen. But the invaders have neither an icebreaker nor a crew to continue operating the port.
The invaders took 5 million tons of grain from the occupied territories
During the past year, the Russians exported at least 4.8 million tons of stolen grain from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
A ship of the “Tarantul” type, stolen by the invaders, sank in Sevastopol
In Sevastopol, a Tarantula-type patrol ship, which was stolen by the Russian invaders in Ukraine, sank.
Norway will help the Navy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strengthen its combat capability in the Black Sea
Commanders of the Navy of Ukraine and Norway discussed ways to support shipping safety in the Azov-Black Sea region.
During the year, Ukrainian forces carried out 180 attacks on facilities in Crimea and Russian ships
In 2023, the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out no less than 184 attacks on objects on the territory of the occupied Crimea and ships of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia.
The crew of a ship that encountered a mine in the Black Sea appealed to the ITF
The captain of the bulk carrier Vyssos, which came across a Russian sea mine near the estuary Bystre, appealed to the ITF with a complaint against the shipowner.
Another thief ship docked in Kerch
In the Kerch seaport, a grain truck was spotted waiting to be loaded with stolen Ukrainian grain.
Zelenskyy: Four Ukrainian sailors are held captive by the Houthis
A group of Ukrainian sailors who were taken hostage during the seizure of one of the merchant ships in the Red Sea is being held captive by the Yemeni Houthis.
