Black Sea ports News

Ukraine in Talks With Insurers to Start Program to Cover Ships Hauling Grain Exports

Ukraine’s government is in talks with insurers to start a new program to cover ships hauling grain through some of the riskiest parts of the Black Sea. The service could start as soon as early September, though a precise framework …

Ukraine Starts Registering Ships for Black Sea Corridor, News Agency Reports

Ukraine, which is seeking to form safe shipping routes in the Black Sea, has started registering ships willing to use the corridor it announced earlier this week, a local news agency said on Saturday. Ukraine on Thursday announced a “humanitarian …

Romania Bids to Clear Danube Logjam After Ukraine Attack

BUCHAREST/KYIV —Romania expects around 30 ships from Ukraine to clear customs on the Danube River over the next two days as it bids to clear a logjam in the aftermath of Wednesday’s Russian attack on Ukraine’s main river port at …

Deepening Turkey Tanker Logjam Snarls Russia Oil Sanctions

ISTANBUL –– Turkey emerged as a critical stumbling block to a complex international plan to deprive Russia of wartime oil revenues as the number of tankers waiting to exit the Black Sea through Turkish straits continued to rise on Friday. …

Western Officials in Talks with Turkey over Oil Tanker Delays

Western officials are in talks with Turkish counterparts to resolve oil tanker queues off Turkey, a British Treasury official said, after the G7 and European Union rolled out new restrictions on Dec. 5 aimed at Russian oil exports. “The UK, …