Ukraine : Robin des Bois keeps a close watch on grain
Update August 9, 2022
Following the exclusive page of Robin des Bois making an inventory of all the cargo ships stucked in the ports of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (20th of April 2022), the Paris-based NGO publishes from today detailed information on bulk carriers leaving or approaching the ukrainian ports in the context of the international agreement on the freedom of trade in grain and other agri-food products from Ukraine.
Ukraine/Russia. Exclusive: cargo ships and sailors hostages of the war
August 2, 2022 update: detailed information on bulk carriers leaving or approaching the ukrainian ports in the context of the international agreement on the freedom of trade in grain and other agri-food products from Ukraine linked https://robindesbois.org/en/ukraine-robin-des-bois-veille-aux-grains/
93 merchant ships are trapped in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Transit would risk exposing them to bombing, torpedoing and underwater mining, therefore they are stuck at berth. 81% of the ships docked between February 17th and 23rd arrived at the ports on the eve of the outbreak of the war.
Russian gas is covering up
Ukraine – Press release n°6
11 a. m.
Some ports such as Zeebrugge and Dunkirk no longer systematically report expected ship arrivals on their websites. The port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire continues to display reliable schedules.
Despite the tensions, the current flows
Ukraine – press release n°5. March 7, 2022 – 4:00 pm
Nuclear power: Slovakian power plants fill their tanks
On March 1, an Ilyushin-76TD of Volga-Dnepr Airlines specialized in the transport of heavy load flew over Poland with NATO authorization to transport new nuclear fuel to Slovakia. It left Domodedovo Airport in Moscow, flew around Ukraine, over Belarus and through Polish airspace to land in Bratislava. According to IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) rules, only small urgent packages, such as short-lived radiopharmaceuticals, can be transported by air. The potential crash of an airplane carrying nuclear fuel exposes the population and the environment to considerable risks.
