war in Ukraine

Death of Diplomacy – part 5

Thank you all for your comments on our last and today we will try to draw some interesting parallels to open your appetite / interest so we all try and create peace on Planet Ocean…

Shipbroking and in particular Ship Sale & Purchase is at the end of the day very much like Diplomacy, particularly in sorting out any dispute between two parties – or two or more nations.

In Ship Sale & Purchase, buyer and seller have to perform the Agreement, the MOA, which has been drawn up / construed after both...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/18/death-of-diplomacy-part-5/

Putin’s War Leaves West More Reliant Than Ever

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The war in Ukraine is strengthening the role of Asia and the Middle East as the world’s main providers of fuels like diesel and gasoline that are crucial to the global economy, says an article published on Japan Times.

Shortage of supplies

As Europe and the U.S. seek to cut off their dependence on Russian petroleum products, they are facing a shortage of supplies at home.

That’s opening opportunities for mega-refineries in places like China and Kuwait to flood the...

https://mfame.guru/putins-war-leaves-west-more-reliant-than-ever/

Ukraine crisis: Columbia acts to help traumatized seafarers and families

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM), together with its owning company and its clients, have raised over $1.5 million and assembled a team of 320 psychologists, mostly from Ukraine, to aid traumatized families of seafarers who have been impacted by the war in Ukraine.

The package of measures, financed by the newly set-up Columbia and Clients Charitable Fund, will help to provide accommodations, as well as professional psychological support, to traumatized seafarers and their families at designated...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/shipping/ukraine-crisis-columbia-acts-to-help-traumatized-seafarers-and-families/