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...
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...
Ukraine Says Second Ship to Sail From Odesa Reaches Romania August 28, 2023 By Aliaksandr Kudrytski A Liberian-flagged bulk carrier that was the second ship to sail from Odesa since Russia quit the Black Sea safe-transit...
Insurers Raise Premiums for Black Sea Oil Tankers as Tensions Mount: Traders August 23, 2023 Insurance companies have notified charterers of ships operating in Russia’s Black Sea ports of an increase in additional payments known...
Ukraine in Talks With Insurers to Start Program to Cover Ships Hauling Grain Exports August 22, 2023 By Alex Longley and Volodymyr Verbyany Ukraine’s government is in talks with insurers to start a new program to cover ships hauling grain through some of...
Ukraine Weighs Using New Black Sea Export Corridor for Grain Shipments August 21, 2023 Ukraine is considering using its newly tested wartime Black Sea export corridor for grain shipments after the first successful evacuation...
Russian Warship Fires Warning Shots at Cargo Ship in Black Sea August 14, 2023 By Guy Faulconbridge A Russian warship on Sunday fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea as it made...
Lloyd’s Leads Insurers in Raising Rates, Cutting Taiwan Cover as Conflict Risks Rise August 10, 2023 By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn Lloyd’s of London underwriters are leading insurers in raising rates and cutting the amount of cover they offer for risks...
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...