Baltic States Beef Up Infrastructure Defense After Suspected Pipeline Sabotage October 13, 2023 By Lars Paulsson, Milda Seputyte and Leo Laikola Power grid operators around the Baltic Sea are beefing up protection of subsea cables and other critical infrastructure after the...
Israel to Provide $6 Billion War Insurance Cover for Israeli Airlines October 13, 2023 Israel’s parliamentary finance committee approved a plan to provide a state guarantee of $6 billion to cover insurance against war...
Airlines Face Israel Insurance Alert in Wake of Weekend Attacks October 12, 2023 By Anna Ringstrom , Bart H. Meijer and Tim Hepher Airlines wrestled with the safety risk of evacuation operations in Israel on Thursday, with carriers including Dutch KLM canceling flights...
Shipping Traffic Slows at Israel’s Ports as Insurance Premiums Soar October 11, 2023 By Jonathan Saul and Ari Rabinovitch Activity at Israel’s ports is slowing after Saturday’s attacks by Islamist group Hamas on towns close to Gaza, with the...
Finland Says Damage to Gas Pipeline, Telecoms Cable Likely Result of Deliberate Act October 11, 2023 By Anne Kauranen and Terje Solsvik A subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea have been damaged in...
Freight Rates for Grain Exports via New Black Sea Corridor Fall Sharply, Ukraine Says October 2, 2023 By Pavel Polityuk A new corridor allowing cargo vessels to carry Ukrainian grain and iron ore from Black Sea ports has significantly lowered...
Ship Insurance Facility Set Up for Ukraine Grain Exports, Broker Miller Says September 27, 2023 A new marine insurance facility for Ukrainian grain exports using the country’s sea corridor has been set up in conjunction...
Russia Turns to ‘Shadow Fleet’ to Move Grain, as Its Shipping Challenges Grow August 9, 2023 By Jonathan Saul and Nigel Hunt Russia’s lack of ships and Western grain traders’ shrinking appetite for business with Moscow are adding to rising costs of...
Ukraine’s Drone Attack Hasn’t Yet Jolted Insurance Costs for Black Sea Oil Carriers August 8, 2023 By Alex Longley, Megan Durisin and Julian Lee A drone attack on a Russian oil tanker and a warning from Kyiv that more could follow has so far...
Inside EU, No Clear Financial Options Exist to Reduce Ukraine Grain Transport Costs July 28, 2023 By Julia Payne and Max Hunder The European Commission has no immediate money in the budget and no clear way to help finance the extra transport...