The UK and EU have announced major sanctions targeting Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers, marking an escalation in efforts to curtail Moscow’s maritime trade operations. Marking its largest sanctions package…
https://gcaptain.com/uk-and-eu-target-russias-shadow-fleet-as-sanctions-net-widens/
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has raised significant concerns about emerging flag states potentially being used to circumvent international sanctions, according to its latest Flag State Performance Table. Four…
https://gcaptain.com/new-flag-states-raise-sanctions-evasion-concerns/
By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Russia has amassed new tankers and resorted to ship-to-ship cargo transfers to keep key oil exports flowing. But deliveries to customers remain a problem, with laden…
https://gcaptain.com/new-ships-and-cargo-transfers-boost-russias-crude-oil-exports/
CHISINAU, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Moldovan energy company Moldovagaz shipped the first batch of 3 million cubic meters of natural gas on Saturday to the Russian-backed separatist enclave Transdniestria, the first deliveries…
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The European Commission did not propose a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas in its latest package of sanctions because member states raised concerns about first securing alternatives including from the United States, EU diplomats said.
https://gcaptain.com/eu-wont-ban-russian-lng-until-alternative-sources-secured-diplomats-say/
The cost to hire an oil supertanker on key routes to China has doubled since the US imposed sanctions on Russia, showing the extent to which the move has upended the global shipping market.
https://gcaptain.com/supertanker-rates-on-china-routes-double-since-sanctions/
Oil tanker rates jumped on Monday as the Biden Administration’s sanctions on Russia’s petroleum trade threaten to cut the supply of ships while forcing traders to seek alternative sources of crude.
https://gcaptain.com/us-sanctions-on-russia-ripple-through-tanker-market/
BUDAPEST, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Hungary plans to hold talks with regional allies to counter the impact of higher oil prices resulting from a new round of US sanctions on Russia’s oil and gas…
https://gcaptain.com/hungary-plans-talks-on-oil-prices-after-us-sanctions-on-russia/
MOSCOW, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday denounced new U.S. sanctions against Moscow’s energy sector as an attempt to harm Russia’s economy at the risk of destabilizing global markets and said the…
https://gcaptain.com/russia-says-it-will-continue-oil-and-gas-projects-despite-us-sanctions/
China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it was not aware of Shandong Port Group’s decision to ban U.S.-sanctioned vessels from its network of east coast harbors.