In normal times, the port of Rotterdam is like a machine: hundreds of ships come and go every day, and tens of thousands of boxes are loaded and unloaded from these ships to keep Europe's economy running. At the moment, however, many containers are blocking the seaways due to the sanctions against Russia....
Danger for German ships? German shipowners are worried that Moscow could react to the closure of Western ports to Russian ships by using them as bargaining chips in the Ukraine war. "We fear possible countermeasures by the Russian side with regard to the closures of European ports ordered by the EU...
Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of releasing Soviet-era YaM and YarM mines floating in the northern Black Sea, three of which have been discovered and neutralised so far. According to Russian claims, there are hundreds of mines near its coast. Some of them drifted into the...
Maritime trade with Russia and Ukraine - impacts on global logistics and ship-building markets - by Prof Dr Uwe Jenisch Deliveries of oil, gas, coal, grain and raw materials from Russia by ship are largely no longer possible. Gas, coal, grain and raw materials from Russia by ship have largely been cancelled. Container, ferry and feeder traffic with Russian ports has thinned out. ports has thinned out. New cargoes to and from Russia...
In a broadcast speech to the Norwegian parliament on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the delivery of additional weapons to Ukraine and Oslo to prevent Russian ships from docking in their harbours. He called for additional weapons and reiterated the importance of sanctions to prevent Russia from...
General Alexander Richard David Shirreff, who gave a lecture at the Royal Academy of War Sciences in Sweden, gave a clear message about where he believes the Kremlin is heading - namely the Baltic states. The danger of war in the Baltic states is real, said the Briton, the former Deputy...
Marshall Islands consider "exclusion" of Russian ships and yachts from shipping register The Marshall Islands is considering removing Russian yachts or boats affected by Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine from its shipping register, its foreign minister Casten Nemra said on Friday. The minister condemned the Russian...
Schiffsmotorenhersteller kappen Beziehungen zu Russland Das finnische Unternehmen Wartsila hat seine Geschäfte mit Russland eingestellt. Aufgrund des Krieges in der Ukraine wurden alle Lieferungen und Verkäufe nach Russland und Weißrussland gestoppt. Nicht nur diese weltweit agierende Hersteller von Schiffsmotoren und Schiffsbetriebsanlagen zieht daher Konsequenzen, auch sein deutscher Partner MAN Energy...
Against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, marineforum documents current maritime events in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea. As always these days - hardly any news that can be independently verified. 28 March 2022 +++ Russian infantry replacements from Vladivostok +++ On 21 March 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Defence reported on four Russian...
NATO chief emphasises importance of Arctic security in the face of renewed Russian aggression NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, whose term of office has just been extended, has spoken out on the strategic importance of the Northern Flank amid NATO's biennial Cold Response exercise in Norway. Speaking in Evenes, Norway, he said...
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