The Estonian ship that sank in the Black Sea on Thursday is an example of the side damage of the war.
No vessel arrived at the Ukrainian port of Olvi on Thursday.
Dozens of ships normally arrive in and depart from a medium-sized port every day. Ukraine and Russia are the world’s leading suppliers of crude oil and wheat.
The busy harbor was deserted in early winter.
The crew of a sunken Estonian ship from the parties to the war
The waters of Odessa and its nearby ports have become life-threatening in less than a week. This is also the case with the Estonian Panamanian-flagged Helt cargo ship.
The ship sank on Thursday after the explosion near Odessa.
The course of events is unclear for the time being. A crew of six was found in the lifeboat after the explosion.
Helt’s case also shows the international nature of shipping.
The postman says the six-man crew includes one Russian, one Belarusian and four Ukrainian sailors.
Damage to merchant ships
The Helt is by no means the only cargo ship damaged in the war launched by Russia.
The Bangladeshi ship Banglar Samrddhi was hit in early March. The engineer on board died. A crew of 28 has been evacuated.
Appearing in Dhaka According to Daily Star (you will switch to another service)the ship has been abandoned in port under maritime maritime law. The crew is being evacuated to their homeland via Moldova. It is not certain whether a Ukrainian or Russian rocket hit the ship built in 2018, the newspaper writes.
At least the oil tanker Millennial Spirit and the cargo ships NamuraQueen and Yasa Jupiter have also suffered damage.
Both cargo ships have been able to continue their voyage on their own and were in the Marmara Sea on Friday afternoon. The Millennial Spirit was anchored in the Black Sea.
The MarineTraffic website shows a convoy of ships heading out of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Ship insurance premiums on the rise
In addition to hostilities, sanctions also affect shipping.
The chains of influence in the global shipping industry are long and multidimensional. Suppliers, shipping companies, ports and logistics companies are suffering from the withering of the business.
The world’s largest shipping container companies Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co have suspended shipping shipments to Russia. Hundreds of Russian ships have been detoured, for example, in Canada, which has closed its ports to them. It tells about this, among other things The International Business Times (switch to another service) .
Director of Marketing for the large British insurance company Lloyds Patrick Tiernan E – mail reports to Uutis that international insurance companies are also closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine with regard to the implementation of sanctions.
Russian cargo has already been intercepted in European ports. The containers are stamped, end of voyage, end of voyage.
Also used as sources: Bloomberg, The International Business Times
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