Andrew Gray, CJC Director and Mariner, offers a brief overview of the legal impact on vessels trading into Ukraine’s Black Sea ports following the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022.
Russia's weekend backtrack from a U.N.-brokered deal to export Black Sea grains is likely to hit shipments to import-dependent countries, deepening a global food crisis and sparking gains in prices.
Four ships carrying Ukrainian foodstuffs sailed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Sunday as part of a deal to unblock the country's sea exports, Ukrainian and Turkish officials said.
Lebanon has seized a ship loaded with barley and wheat flour while it determines whether the cargo may have been stolen from Ukraine, said Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat.
Today, Wärtsilä announces that it has completed its orderly exit from the Russian market following its announcement of scaling down activities in April 2022.
