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January 22, 2026
John Healey, UK Defence Minister, said that Britain had provided tracking and?monitoring?support to a French operation to a board a sanctioned Russian oil tanker to choke off?the funds which fuel Russia's incursion into Ukraine. Healey stated…
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January 20, 2026
After a hearing in Hong Kong on Tuesday, the lawyer of the Chinese captain alleged that ten witnesses would be called to testify against him in a criminal?damage case. The Chinese captain is accused of damaging undersea cable in Baltic Sea.
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December 30, 2024
The Finnish Coast Guard said Monday that it would deploy one of its patrol boats and a towboat to help an oil tanker in the Gulf of Finland after its engine failed. It was trying to avoid environmental damage. The coast guard reported that the 183-metre-long (600-foot-long) M/T Jazz…
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December 25, 2024
The owner of the Russian cargo vessel Ursa Major, which sank into the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, said that the ship was a victim of an "act of terrorism". This statement came from the state news agency RIA. Two of the 16 crew members were reported missing after an explosion in the engine room.
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July 23, 2024
West, a UK ship insurer, said that it would be difficult to pay claims for ships involved with accidents or collisions involving other vessels insured by the sanctions-hit Russian Ingosstrakh. This is another indication of the difficulties with Moscow's oil trading.