Marine industry news focused on the war in Ukraine and its affects on Ukraine’s boats and boat builders and maritime sector.
In a climate of political, economic and social upheaval, David Johnson, sales director for Wessex Resins and Adhesives, says that maintaining prices for a cost-sensitive market is one of the biggest challenges currently facing the company. But that’s not as challenging as: “Simply ensuring that we have the product to service our customers. It doesn’t […]
Dozens of Ukrainian personnel are being trained by the Royal Navy to use hi-tech crewless vehicles to help them hunt mines. Along with the US Navy, experts from the Diving & Threat Exploitation Group are teaching Ukrainians how to operate the drone-type devices, which search large areas of seabed for mines and unexploded ordnance without […]
YellowV, the Denmark-headquartered watersports and inflatable product brand, has announced three key partnerships. Prometheus Watersports will exclusively manage UK distribution for the YellowV brand. Prometheus Watersports is a sister company to Prometheus Sailing, which runs Sunsail UK’s chartering, corporate sailing and training fleet. In Poland, Prime Marine, a well-established dealer for industry names including Mercury, […]
The Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group hits a new record with an €8.8 billion order book as of the end of 2021. But the shipbuilder sees a number of uncertainties for 2022. Damen says the crisis in Ukraine is having a ‘huge impact’ on the company. Over two hundred colleagues had been working in Ukraine at […]
The Wolf Rock Boat Company has expanded its portfolio of boats for sale, incorporating four additional boat brands to its offering. Until now, The Wolf Rock Boat Company has predominantly supplied and imported Brig boats. However, with Brig manufacturing recently halted in Ukraine due to the ongoing conflict, Wolf Rock has taken the decision to […]
A Fiji court has ruled a Russian-owned superyacht be removed by the United States. This is because it’s considered a waste of money for Fiji to maintain the vessel amid legal wrangling over its seizure, says Reuters. The 106m Amadea arrived in Fiji on 13 April 2022 after an 18-day voyage from Mexico. It was […]
The US has won a victory in the latest round of a legal battle over the fate of the sanctioned superyacht Amadea, which is currently docked at the Fijian port of Lautoka and is restrained from leaving Fijian waters. An FBI investigation concluded that Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, who is sanctioned by the United States, […]
Claims made in a new video, by eSysman Superyachts, say untrained crew members aboard a superyacht linked to Vladimir Putin had to follow instructions on videos. eSysman says he spoke to someone who worked on the superyacht. “When it came out of the shipyard, they had to do handover notes for the other crew,” he […]
Just under 500 seafarers remain sheltered awaiting evacuation on board 109 ships at Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, according to new data gathered by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). To date, around 1,500 seafarers have been safely evacuated from stranded vessels via humanitarian corridors on land and at […]
A superyacht worth an estimated £570m with alleged ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin has been seized. This is part of the European Union’s ongoing sanctions against Russia, according to a statement from Italy’s Economy Ministry. The vessel, registered in the Cayman Islands and undergoing refit in Tuscany, was impounded on Friday (6May22). Scheherazade has […]
The European Commission has proposed to suspend all import duties on Ukrainian exports to the European Union. The proposal, designed to help boost Ukraine’s exports to the EU, would include recreational boats and other vessels used for pleasure or sports, such as rowing boats and canoes. This unprecedented step is designed to help Ukrainian producers […]