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Update: Lessor AerCap Settles Claim of $645M for Aeroflot Jets Stranded in Russia

Sep 6 2023 // The world’s largest aircraft lessor has agreed to settle an insurance claim over Russia’s refusal to return 17 jets leased to airline Aeroflot, a landmark agreement in a dispute over 400 Western planes stranded...

Russia’s Flagship Oil Rises Above G-7 Sanctions Cap, but Does Little to Impede Services

Aug 22 2023 // The price of Russia’s flagship oil may have jumped above a Group of Seven imposed cap but that has done little to impede the provision of western services for the trade.The number of ships calling at the...

Ships Remain Backed Up in Black Sea Lanes as Russia Warning Shots Raise Tensions

Aug 15 2023 // Merchant ships remained backed up in lanes around the Black Sea on Monday as ports struggled to clear backlogs amid growing unease among insurers and shipping companies a day after a Russian warship fired warning shots at...

Russian Warship Fires Warning Shots at Cargo Ship in Black Sea

Aug 14 2023 // A Russian warship on Sunday fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea as it made its way northwards, the first time Russia has fired on merchant shipping beyond Ukraine since exiting a landmark...

Russia Turns to ‘Shadow Fleet’ to Move Grain, as Its Shipping Challenges Grow

Aug 9 2023 // Russia’s lack of ships and Western grain traders’ shrinking appetite for business with Moscow are adding to rising costs of moving Russian wheat, at a time when the war in Ukraine has spilled perilously close...

Ukraine Black Sea Attacks Signal Expanding War; Russia Insurance Costs Likely to Rise

Aug 7 2023 // The footprint of President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is growing fast after a weekend in which sea drones crippled a Russian naval vessel and an oil tanker.For the first time, the attacks put at risk...

Microsoft Says Russia-Linked Hackers Behind Dozens of Teams Phishing Attacks

Aug 4 2023 // A Russian government-linked hacking group took aim at dozens of global organizations with a campaign to steal login credentials by engaging users in Microsoft Teams chats pretending to be from technical support, Microsoft...

Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Danube Port. Kyiv Says Aim Is to Intimidate Insurers, Shippers.

Aug 3 2023 // Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramped up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain.The drone...

Aircraft Lessors Aim for June 2024 Trial Over Contested Russia Insurance Claims

Aug 1 2023 // Some of the world’s largest aircraft lessors and insurers are aiming to be ready to go to trial in June 2024 over contested insurance claims for aircraft stuck in Russia, a lawyer for one of the lessors said on...

As Russian Oil Crosses G-7’s Price Cap, US Eyes Soft Enforcement

Jul 27 2023 // The Biden administration is poised to increase outreach to western trading houses, insurers and tanker owners to remind them to abide by the Group of Seven’s price cap on Russian oil as the crude trades over that...

Russia’s Danube Attacks Threaten Ukraine Grain Exports; Ports’ Insurance Rates Rise

Jul 26 2023 // Russian air strikes on Ukrainian grain facilities on the Danube this week threaten a vital river route for Kyiv’s exports, as Moscow seeks to tighten the noose around a key sector of the economy days after abandoning...

Russian Cyber Gang’s Global Hack Exposes Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles Records

Jul 25 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisianans whose personal information was exposed in a massive data breach that affected the state`s Office of Motor Vehicles last month, will receive one year of free credit monitoring and...

Nearly 30 Ships Drop Anchor Near Ukraine’s Crucial Izmail Port After Russian Air Strikes

Jul 25 2023 // Almost 30 ships dropped anchor near Ukraine’s crucial Izmail port terminal after Russia destroyed grain warehouses on the Danube River on Monday, data showed, although it was unclear exactly what had caused them to...

Black Sea Shipping Traffic Drops 35% After Russia, Ukraine Warnings

Jul 21 2023 // The number of ships looking to pick up grain cargoes from the Black Sea area has fallen 35% this week versus the previous week with growing uncertainty over whether commercial traffic could be hit as Russia continues to...

Black Sea Threats Escalate as Ukraine Warns on Russian Ships

Jul 21 2023 // Ukraine said any ships heading to Russian ports may be military targets, a tit-for-tat response to a threat from Moscow that escalates the war’s risk to global food markets.Since Moscow halted the Black Sea agreement...

Ukraine Setting Up Temporary Shipping Route After Russia Grain Deal Exit: Official Letter

Jul 20 2023 // Ukraine is setting up a temporary shipping route to maintain grain shipments after Russia quit a deal allowing Ukrainian exports via a UN-backed safe corridor in the Black Sea, Kyiv said on Wednesday.Russia attacked...

Russia Issues Warning to Any Ships Traveling to Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports

Jul 20 2023 // Russia warned that from Thursday any ships traveling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be seen as possibly carrying military cargoes, after Ukraine said it was setting up a temporary shipping route to try and...

Ideas Are ‘Being Floated’ on How to Get Ukraine, Russia Grain to World: UN

Jul 19 2023 // There are a “number of ideas being floated” to help get Ukrainian and Russian grain and fertilizer to global markets after Moscow quit a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, the United...

Ukraine Cargo Insurance Policy Suspended After Russia Quits Grain Deal: Marsh

Jul 18 2023 // A cargo insurance facility providing cover for Ukraine grain shipments via a safe sea corridor has been suspended after Russia quit the United Nations-backed agreement, broker Marsh said on Tuesday.Moscow has withdrawn...

Insurers Reviewing Black Sea Ship Cover After Russia Quits Grain Deal: Sources

Jul 17 2023 // Insurers are reviewing whether to freeze cover for any ships willing to sail to Ukraine after Russia on Monday quit a U.N.-backed deal that allows the export of grain through a wartime Black Sea safe corridor, industry...