“There is an increasing number of suicides among seafarers, because the ship has been blocked for more than 6 months. This is a morbidity,” – Oleg Grigoryuk, head of the professional corps of seafarers
The remaining fates have accustomed the Ukrainians to bad news from the sea – as the Russian Federation has turned the threat into reality. That Ukraine is…
Ukraine closes a number of Russian-occupied ports until the territories are liberated
The seaports of Berdyansk, Mariupol, Skadovsk, Kherson will be closed until control over them is resumed after the Russian occupation. The decision to close the seaports of…
Maersk joins global shipping boycott cutting off Russia
The Copenhagen-based company runs container liners to St Petersburg and Kaliningrad in the Baltic Sea, Novorossiysk in the Black Sea, and to Vladivostok and Vostochny on Russia’s…
Container lines move to halt sailings to Russia
Container shipments to Russia risk being halted within days after a major operator suspended bookings in response to Western sanctions on Moscow. “Booking acceptance to and from…
Old ships sail on as prices soar on supply chain chaos
Ynes Benotmane, cargo analyst at VesselsValue, explained that owners are “refraining from sending their older tonnage for demolition, opting instead to seek out opportunities to increase their…
Diverse panel will be appointed to make sure new national flagship is ‘of its time, wonderful and iconic’
The build contact was being worked on alongside the design work to maintain the overall schedule. The flagship is due to cut metal by the end of…
The best and worst performing assets of 2021
Growth remains strong but if the foreign investors Erdogan seeks to expel actually do give up, there are likely to be damaging consequences for what had long…
Three century old newspaper Lloyd’s List up for sale
One of the world’s oldest publications is up for sale after FTSE giant Informa said it would offload Lloyd’s List. The trade title dates back to 1734, when…
Want to write the perfect pop song? Let Paul McCartney show you how
Even better was Paphides’s programme on the perfect power ballad, the kind of song that’s perfect to sing loudly en masse with clenched fists, contorted brows and…