The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated multiple entities and individuals involved in a maritime smuggling operation that transported stolen Ukrainian grain and weapons from Russia…
https://gcaptain.com/ofac-targets-russia-houthi-grain-smuggling-ship/
Three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a dramatic shift in Black Sea shipping patterns has emerged, with Ukraine’s dry bulk shipments surging 87% year-over-year despite ongoing regional tensions, according…
https://gcaptain.com/ukraines-dry-bulk-exports-surge-as-black-sea-corridor-proves-resilient/
KYIV, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Ukraine, a global producer and exporter of grain and oilseeds, has sent its first batch of food aid to Syria, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. Zelenskiy…
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KYIV, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had instructed his government to set up supply mechanisms to deliver together with international organizations and partners food to…
https://gcaptain.com/ukraine-plans-grain-exports-to-syria-post-assad/
KYIV, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Russian drone and missile attacks have damaged 321 Ukrainian port infrastructure facilities since July last year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday. Twenty merchant ships belonging to other countries were also damaged by Russian strikes, he…
The merchant ship struck by a Russian missile on September 11 has now been identified as the Saint Kitts and Nevis flagged bulk carrier Aya .
Zelensky: Russian missile strikes ship carrying Ukrainian grain
According to some reports it the Aya was struck by a Kh-22 missile launched from a Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber and was carrying 26,000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain heading for Egypt.
A threat circular released by Ambrey says that, at that the time that the ship was struck, it was in the...
KYIV, Aug 3 (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military said on Saturday that it had sunk a Russian submarine and damaged an S-400 anti-aircraft missile system in the illegally-occupied Crimean peninsula. The military…
https://gcaptain.com/ukrainian-military-says-it-sank-russian-submarine/
by Pavel Polityuk (Reuters) Constant attacks on Ukrainian Black Sea ports by Russian drones and missiles are leading to a slowdown in Ukraine’s maritime agricultural exports, brokers said on Wednesday….
https://gcaptain.com/port-attacks-slow-ukraine-grain-exports/
KYIV, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Around 160 tons of Ukrainian grain was destroyed at a Polish railway station amid large-scale protests in what a senior Ukrainian official said on Sunday was an…
https://gcaptain.com/160-tons-of-ukrainian-grain-destroyed-in-poland/
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Sunday said China should play a role in keeping the Red Sea safe for commerce because Chinese ships…
https://gcaptain.com/canada-says-china-has-role-to-play-in-keeping-red-sea-safe/