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Turkey detonates stray naval mine in Black Sea amid Ukraine war
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish military diving teams safely detonated a floating naval mine in the Black Sea, the defence ministry said...
Read moreForeign ship sinks in Mariupol after missile attacks, says flag registry
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) -A Dominica-flagged cargo ship sank on Tuesday in the besieged southern Ukrainian port city of...
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Floating mines in Black Sea endangering grain, oil trade – officials
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - The risk of coming across floating mines in the major Black Sea shipping route...
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Russia trades accusations with Ukraine on drifting Black Sea mines
(This March 31 story was refiled to remove picture) LONDON (Reuters) - Russia accused Ukraine on Thursday of laying hundreds...
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Ukraine says Russia planting mines in Black Sea as shipping perils grow
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of planting mines in the Black Sea and said...
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Ships stranded in Ukraine as conflict slows UN rescue efforts
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - With more than 1,000 seafarers stranded on ships in Ukrainian ports and food supplies...
Read moreTurkey defuses stray naval mine in Black Sea amid Ukraine war
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A military diving team deactivated a stray naval mine off Turkey's northwest coast on Monday, Turkey's defence...
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Food supplies running low on foreign ships stuck in Ukraine
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - Food and medical supplies onboard over 100 foreign flagged ships stuck in Ukraine due...
Read moreIT bug that jammed Baltic-North Sea traffic ‘not a hacker attack’
BERLIN (Reuters) - A software problem that blocked all ship traffic in the main channel between the Baltic and the...
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Bangladesh seeks $22.4 million after missile hits ship in Ukraine
By Ruma Paul and Jonathan Saul DHAKA/LONDON (Reuters) - State-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corp is seeking $22.4 million from its insurer...
Read moreForeign tanker with Russian cargo bound for U.S. sails to North African coast
LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) -Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Elli, which made a Russian port call and had been bound for the United States,...
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Russia dropped from ship certification body as sanctions bite
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's top association of ship certifiers has withdrawn membership from the Russia Maritime Register of Shipping...
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Shipping industry urges safe passage for trapped ships and crews in Ukraine
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - Shipping industry officials called on Thursday for safe passage for hundreds of seafarers and...
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As Ukraine evacuates trapped seafarers, foreign mariners count cost of war
By Jonathan Saul and Ruma Paul LONDON/DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi seafarer Asiful Islam recalls the moment when a missile struck...
Read moreTwo cargo ships hit by blasts around Ukraine, one seafarer killed
By Jonathan Saul and Ruma Paul LONDON/DHAKA (Reuters) - An Estonian-owned cargo ship sank on Thursday off Ukraine's major Black...
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Shipping delays may spoil food, medical shipments to Russia, Maersk says
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Shipments of foodstuffs and medical supplies to Russia risk being damaged or spoiled due to significant delays at...
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EU nations considering banning Russian ships from ports – officials
By Jonathan Saul, Stine Jacobsen and Elizabeth Pineau LONDON/COPENHAGEN/PARIS (Reuters) -European Union countries are considering a ban on Russian ships...
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Burnt-out cargo ship with luxury cars sinks off Portugal’s Azores
LISBON (Reuters) -A burnt-out cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars, including Porsches and Bentleys, sank on Tuesday off the...
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Salvage team boards burnt ship with luxury cars off Azores, towing begins
LISBON (Reuters) -More than a week after a ship packed with luxury cars caught fire in the middle of the...
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Ukraine shuts ports as conflict threatens grain supplies
By Polina Devitt, Gleb Stolyarov and Natalia Zinets MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's military has suspended commercial shipping at its ports after...
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