Ships and Shipping
When Home Is a Ferry Ship: An Influx From Ukraine Strains Europe
The duty-free shop on Deck 7 of the Isabelle has been turned into a storage locker and pantry, with suitcases heaped in the perfume section and refrigerated display cases crammed with labeled grocery bags. The ship’s shuttered casino has become the go-to hangout for teenagers. And the Starlight Palace nightclub on Deck 8 is where […]
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Russia Strikes Odesa Port, Stirring Doubts on Deal to Export Grain
ODESA, Ukraine — A string of explosions rocked Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa on Saturday, hitting one of the country’s most important ports less than 24 hours after Russia and Ukraine signed a deal to secure the transit of millions of tons of grain through Black Sea routes. The strikes raised concerns about Russia’s commitment […]
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Mission Impossible? Officials Wrangle to Free Ukraine’s Grains
BRUSSELS — Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are scheduled to meet Wednesday in Istanbul, in the increasingly desperate effort to release huge amounts of grain from Ukraine’s ports and ship it to a world facing rising hunger. Officials have tried for months to break the impasse without triggering an escalation in the war or, worse, a […]
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As Russia Chokes Ukraine’s Grain Exports, Romania Tries to Fill In
Stopping at the edge of a vast field of barley on his farm in Prundu, 30 miles outside Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, Catalin Corbea pinched off a spiky flowered head from a stalk, rolled it between his hands, and then popped a seed in his mouth and bit down. “Another 10 days to two […]
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Biden to Visit Port of Los Angeles, Casting Inflation as a Global Problem
LOS ANGELES — President Biden is set to use the Port of Los Angeles on Friday as a backdrop to highlight his fight against inflation, delivering a speech about the efforts his administration has made to speed up the delivery of goods that has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. White House officials said Mr. […]
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Dozens Killed and Hundreds Burned in Bangladesh Depot Disaster
DHAKA, Bangladesh — At least 49 people were killed and hundreds more suffered burns when a fire at a container depot in Bangladesh set off a series of explosions, officials said on Sunday, the latest such disaster in a country where mass-casualty fires have become a recurring problem. Many people were in critical condition in […]
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U.S. Warship Arrives in Stockholm for Military Exercises, and as a Warning
ABOARD U.S.S. KEARSARGE, in the port of Stockholm — If ever there was a potent symbol of how much Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has altered Europe, the sight of this enormous warship, bristling with 26 warplanes and 2,400 Marines and sailors, moored among the pleasure craft and tour boats that ply this port, would certainly […]
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Iran Seizes Two Greek Tankers in Persian Gulf
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Friday that its naval forces in the Persian Gulf had seized two oil tankers belonging to Greece, escalating tensions between Iran and the West at a time when diplomatic efforts to revive the deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program have stalled. The two ships were seized in retaliation for Greece […]
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Russian Shipping Traffic Remains Strong as Sanctions Take Time to Bite
Data from MarineTraffic, for example, a platform that shows the live location of ships around the world using those on-ship tracking systems, indicates that traffic from Russia’s major ports declined after the invasion but did not plummet. The number of container ships, tankers and bulkers — the three main types of vessels that move energy […]
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