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European ports refuse to accept a damaged Russian vessel with an explosive cargo
Fears are growing due to the fact that there are 20 thousand tons of ammonium nitrate on board the Russian vessel. Northern European countries refuse to accept the cargo vessel “Ruby”, which left the Murmansk region of Russia, in their ports. Tagesschau writes about it. The ship “Ruby” was loaded on August 22 with explosive…
Ukraine exports almost all ilmenite to the USA and Mexico
Ukraine exports almost all ilmenite to the United States and Mexico for the global giant Chemours. From Ukraine, 90% of ilmenite is sent to the USA and Mexico, where its final consumer is the Chemours giant, Yehor Perelyhin, head of the board of the OGHC, told LIGA in an interview. According to him, since the beginning of…
Maritime corridor record: the ship transported 190,000 tons of metal products
For the entire time of operation of the Ukrainian maritime corridor, Captain Leonidas set a record. The ship transported 190,000 tons of metal products. This was reported in the Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine. Thus, on September 16, 2023, the processing of the merchant fleet and cargo within the Ukrainian maritime corridor began. On…
Zelenskyy: Ukraine is increasing sea exports
For more than a year of operation of the sea corridor, 70 million tons of goods have already been transported. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. According to him, despite the war and Russian terror, Ukraine continues to be a donor of global food security for dozens of countries around the…
The Russians could target a tanker in Odesa to cause an environmental disaster
On the day the Russians attacked a civilian vessel in Odesa, their target could have been a tanker carrying fuel. The bulk carrier “Aya”, which was damaged by a Russian missile attack on September 12, remains in Romania, Dumska reports. Journalists found out that on the night of September 12, the captain of the bulker…
Freight rates in Odesa region ports remain stable
The intensification of trade activity did not lead to an increase in freight rates due to the sufficient availability of tonnage. This was reported by Spike Brokers analysts. Rates for transportation from the Danube ports to the east coast of Italy remain stable. Also, the large number of available ships in deep-sea ports restrains the…
The auction for the sale of the Belgorod-Dniester port was extended until September 24
This decision was made by the State Property Fund after there were not enough participants at the privatization auction on September 16. This was reported by Delo with reference to the State Property Fund. The department said that the reason for the postponement was the lack of interest from potential buyers. Companies participating in the…
Russians are jamming GPS in the Black Sea to interfere with Ukrainian intelligence
The Russians installed a GPS jamming complex near the Gelendzhik port in Novorossiysk to hide the location of their ships. This was revealed during the analysis of information from AIS, which is used in civil shipping, “Militarnyi” reports. Specialists noticed that the location of the Russian ships according to the signal differed from their actual…
Russia earned up to $6 billion from stolen Ukrainian grain
Russia earned at least $6 billion from Ukrainian grain stolen in the temporarily occupied territories. Russia and its proxies have made at least six billion dollars in stolen grain, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture Markiyan Dmytrasevich, at least 4 million tons of grain from the occupied territories of Ukraine…
Shipowners from Turkey more often “come” to the ports of Great Odesa
The largest number of vessels that entered the ports of Odesa region in August belonged to shipowners from Turkey and Greece. Andriy Klymenko, head of the Monitoring Group of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, announced this. In August 2024, 231 vessels were involved in the export of grain and other cargoes from the…
