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Black Sea shipping crisis intensifies
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/07/25 16:59:34
SHIPPING in the Black Sea has descended into dangerous chaos not experienced since the early months of the war in Ukraine with shipowners and insurers taking stock and giving the region a wide berth.
Both Russia and Ukraine have declared the North-East Black Sea region and the Kerch-Yenikal strait dangerous and prohibited, reports Singapore's Splash 247.
Russia announced that all ships travelling to Ukraine's Black Sea ports will be considered potential military targets, as Kyiv said it would set up a temporary shipping route to continue grain exports following Moscow's withdrawal from a deal that permitted food shipments from Ukraine's ports.
Russia now deems all ships travelling to Ukraine to be potentially carrying military cargo on behalf of Kyiv and the flag countries of such ships as considered parties to the Ukrainian conflict.
To counter the end of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Ukraine established a temporary shipping route via Romania.
But just a day after Moscow's threats to the Black Sea shipping routes, things got exponentially worse.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence announced that all vessels in the Black Sea heading to Russian ports or to temporarily occupied ports of Ukraine may be considered as carrying military cargo.
Also, navigation in the North-East Black Sea region and the Kerch-Yenikal strait was declared dangerous and prohibited as of last Thursday.
"Russian Federation has once again brutally violated the freedom of navigation enjoyed by the entire world, and it continues to deliberately undermine international food security by exposing millions of people to the danger of famine," Ukraine's Ministry of Defence said.
The Ministry reminded of the sinking of the Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, back in 2022 as evidence that it has all the necessary tools to enforce its own blockade.
Sources covering the war in Ukraine claim that its military is also equipped with ground-launched Harpoon anti-ship missiles and that it has conducted attacks on ships using very long-range uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
The USVs have been recently used in the attack on the Sevastopol Naval Base and the US$4 billion Kerch Bridge which links Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula.
This all points to Ukraine being able to make good on their threats and enforce their blockade of the Black Sea and the Kerch-Yenikal strait if they so choose to.
Both Russia and Ukraine have declared the North-East Black Sea region and the Kerch-Yenikal strait dangerous and prohibited, reports Singapore's Splash 247.
Russia announced that all ships travelling to Ukraine's Black Sea ports will be considered potential military targets, as Kyiv said it would set up a temporary shipping route to continue grain exports following Moscow's withdrawal from a deal that permitted food shipments from Ukraine's ports.
Russia now deems all ships travelling to Ukraine to be potentially carrying military cargo on behalf of Kyiv and the flag countries of such ships as considered parties to the Ukrainian conflict.
To counter the end of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Ukraine established a temporary shipping route via Romania.
But just a day after Moscow's threats to the Black Sea shipping routes, things got exponentially worse.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence announced that all vessels in the Black Sea heading to Russian ports or to temporarily occupied ports of Ukraine may be considered as carrying military cargo.
Also, navigation in the North-East Black Sea region and the Kerch-Yenikal strait was declared dangerous and prohibited as of last Thursday.
"Russian Federation has once again brutally violated the freedom of navigation enjoyed by the entire world, and it continues to deliberately undermine international food security by exposing millions of people to the danger of famine," Ukraine's Ministry of Defence said.
The Ministry reminded of the sinking of the Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, back in 2022 as evidence that it has all the necessary tools to enforce its own blockade.
Sources covering the war in Ukraine claim that its military is also equipped with ground-launched Harpoon anti-ship missiles and that it has conducted attacks on ships using very long-range uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
The USVs have been recently used in the attack on the Sevastopol Naval Base and the US$4 billion Kerch Bridge which links Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula.
This all points to Ukraine being able to make good on their threats and enforce their blockade of the Black Sea and the Kerch-Yenikal strait if they so choose to.