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Oil major’s victory in Ukraine sanctions dispute sheds light on complex aspects of U.S. sanctions
Oil major’s victory in Ukraine sanctions dispute sheds light on complex aspects of U.S. sanctions At a Glance… The overturning by a federal court of an OFAC penalty imposed…
Ukraine’s thorny IMF relationship, Roundtable with Donald Kohn
Commentary: Ukraine’s thorny IMF relationship By Mark Sobel in Washington The IMF’s relationship with Ukraine has always been among its most high profile and difficult interactions. The US and Europe…
RMT protest in Portsmouth Friday over Channel Islands scandal
RMT PROTEST IN PORTSMOUTH FRIDAY CALLING FOR THE SACKING OF CONDOR AND FAIR EMPLOYMENT ON FERRIES TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS Maritime union RMT will be holding a protest this Friday 16th…
Three years of low Markets
The BDI looks downwards and peace on earth too given the three years worsening of the situation in both fronts; John Faraclas’ daily report: The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) closed…
Coming up: “Black Sea Manouevers”; an autobiography
Introducing yourself should be easy given the Know Thyself interpretation. The video that follows tells you, more or less, all about my forthcoming book and given the noise of bustling…
HANSA HEAVY LIFT uses flying deck to transport four giant cranes
HANSA HEAVY LIFT has transported four rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from Odessa, Ukraine to Damietta, Egypt Hamburg, Germany, Monday, 20th June 2016 – HANSA HEAVY LIFT has transported four RTG cranes on…
With the BDI now @ 297 only good prospects are ahead…
What a business week-ending that was today with the BDI minus one point at 297, which is also minus 20 points since last Friday’s closing being 317 points and the…
The late Ukrainian painter Grigori Shponko becomes a hero…
The late Ukrainian painter Grigori Shponko becomes a hero of Winter 2016 Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in London By James Brewer Output of a one-time Soviet painter whose peak reputation…
The dire …straits of the low BDI; who will survive…?
Our fiftieth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 11th of December 2015, with John Faraclas…
498 you read correct; the dry market collapses further…
Our forty-seventh weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 20th of November 2015, with John Faraclas…
Shipping Market’s downfall reaches its …”climax”… amidst continued geopolitical chaos…
Our forty-sixth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 13th of November 2015, with John Faraclas…
Shipping Markets catastrophic fall…amidst geopolitical chaos…
Shipping Markets catastrophic fall… amidst geopolitical chaos… will bring in total mess Our forty-fifth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in…
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world-leading marine, cargo and supply chain solutions provider, is continuing its expansion programme in the Black Sea region with the opening of a new office…
Global Economy and shipping markets drop further; geopolitics in a mess!
Our forty-second weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 16th of October 2015, with John…
Around 40 leaders from railway unions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia met with ILO experts and senior ITF representatives in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 September to 1 October to…
Shipping Markets Skyfall…
Our fortieth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 2nd of October 2015, with John…
Continuous Capers Volatility and Geopolitical Uncertainty marks the shipping markets…
Our thirty-ninth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 25th of September 2015, with John…
Capers Volatility and Uncertainty reigns in the shipping markets; geopolitics of the edge…
Our thirty-eighth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 18th of September 2015, with John…
Record support for NEVA announced against backdrop of increasing international opportunity
The organisers of NEVA, the premier commercial maritime business-to-business event in Russia, announced today that exhibitor participation has reached record levels. More than 10, 000sqm of exhibition space has been…
Dropping shipping markets, messy European politics and the world is on fire…
Our thirty-third weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 14th of August 2015, with John Faraclas…
Volatile shipping markets and tremors in geopolitics…
Our thirty-first weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 31st of July 2015, with John…
Shipping markets improve, but geopolitics are as dangerous as ever…
Our twenty-ninth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 17th of July 2015, with John…
A positive correction of the shipping markets, but messy weekend ahead for Europe…
Our twenty eighth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 10th of July 2015, with…
Markets loosing steam; geopolitics in tatters
Our twenty¬sixth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, today Friday the 26th of June 2015, with John…