Russia has launched a newly constructed nuclear icebreaker, dubbed Ural after the west-Russian mountain range, at the Baltic Shipyard in St Petersburg. The vessel, with a completed hull and lower bridge superstructure, will now be […]
Six crew from the Panama-flagged MSC Mandy were kidnapped by pirates 101 km south of Cotonou, Benin, in West Africa just two days into 2019. The kidnapping of the Russian crew by a group of 8–10 […]
Russia blocked Ukraine ports in the Sea of Azov, Eastern Europe, for at least 10 days beginning 4 December 2018, following a military standoff on the border. Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships and their crew on […]
As Maersk was signing off in late July on final voyage plans for a historic transit of the North Sea Route – the first attempt by a large container ship to use the Arctic shortcut […]
The year’s first-half results appear to indicate that being a cargo shipper is more lucrative than being a passenger ferry. Viking Line’s results, posted on 16 August, showed that the company’s fortunes are heading in […]
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