In September 2023, Europe experienced the third warmest September since records began, with temperatures 2.51 degrees above the average for the years 1991 to 2020, while unusually dry conditions affected shipping and agriculture. #Klimawandel #Europa #Wetterereignisse (translated)
Western Europe experienced the warmest September since weather records began in September 2026, along with the record summer, leading to extremely low water levels in rivers like the Rhine and significantly affecting shipping, water supply, and agriculture. #Klimawandel #Trockenheit #Wetterrekorde (translated)
The freighter "PanStar Acro" has successfully reached the port of Busan in South Korea after a 50-day test voyage over the Arctic, thus testing the feasibility of a new trade route between Korea and Europe. #Arktis #Schifffahrt #Wirtschaft (translated)
South Korea has successfully completed the first commercial cargo voyage along the Arctic route to test the feasibility of this alternative shipping route to Europe and to establish a new trade route in the long term. #Arktisroute #Frachtschiff #Handelswege (translated)
Anna asked whether a diesel agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could have been made before its announcement. She wrote that the tanker Minerva Zen left Saint Petersburg on September 22 – 17 days before Trump's announcement. The ship, sailing under the Greek flag, had an undisclosed destination since its departure and was supposed to reach the US East Coast on October 11 or 12, according to data from Windward and Vortexa, a week after the House of Representatives voted for the Graham sanctions law. The route is documented, but the cargo is not, Anna wrote. Shipping papers are not available; estimates range from 230,000 to 300,000 barrels of diesel. Shipping analyst Michelle Wiese Bockmann could not say whether the ship had been redirected after Trump's announcement or whether an agreement had already existed before. Anna also pointed out that the US Treasury Department had issued General License No. 135 less than 24 hours before the report, allowing the import of Russian diesel until April 2027. She related the issuance on Thursday, a phone call on Friday, and the departure of the tanker on September 22, stating that the timing seemed unusual. While Kyiv had urged Congress to implement the Graham law, Washington could have already planned differently, according to her account. She cited Windward and Vortexa, quoted by Nasha Niva, as well as UkrMedia and NPR. #DieselDeal #Trump #Putin (translated)
Nasruddin Amer reported that the Yemeni Foreign Ministry has accused Saudi Arabia of responsibility for the escalation in Bab al-Mandab. The ministry called on the international community to put pressure on Riyadh to fulfill its obligations to the Yemeni people, including lifting the blockade and ending the aggression, instead of igniting a war in the strait. According to the statement, Saudi Arabia has turned Bab al-Mandab into a battlefield, thereby jeopardizing shipping. The ministry accused the international community of responding with loud criticism to the expansion of Yemeni sovereignty along the west coast and in Bab al-Mandab, while ignoring Saudi activities there. These, according to the ministry, serve the interests of the USA and Israel. The ministry also stated that Yemen is adhering to its international obligations regarding maritime safety. The exercise of Yemeni sovereignty over its territory, coastlines, and territorial waters does not pose a threat to global trade but will make it safer. This statement was made after the ministry claimed to have pushed back Saudi troop deployments on the west coast. #Jemen #BabAlMandab #Schifffahrt (translated)
The shipping costs for oil transport through the dangerous Strait of Hormuz are rising rapidly, while shipping companies pay up to 40 million dollars for a round trip and crew members are rewarded with high bonuses of up to 25,000 dollars for their deployments in the crisis region. #Ölpreis #Hormus #Schifffahrt (translated)
The ongoing drought in Germany is leading to extremely low water levels in the Rhine and Lake Constance, which has significant impacts on shipping, industry, and water supply, while experts are calling for urgent action. #Niedrigwasser #Rhein #Trockenheit (translated)
A tanker was shot at in the Strait of Hormuz while the crew is safe, and the Pentagon is reportedly sending a third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East. #Hormus #Nahostkonflikt #Schifffahrt (translated)
In the Baltic Sea off Estonia, Russia has detained the cargo ship Västerbotten of the German shipping company/ship operator Navalis Shipping for several hours. https://t.co/cNbX87fA08 #Ostsee #Russland #Schifffahrt #EE #RU #DE (translated)
The ongoing drought in Germany is causing extremely low water levels, which negatively affects both shipping as well as nature and the economy, while no sufficient rain is in sight for the coming weeks. #Dürre #WetterDeutschland #Klimawandel (translated)
The shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is increasing as the US Navy and allies successfully guide tankers through alternative routes, while Iran is facing significant pressure due to international sanctions and military measures. #Ölmarkt #IranKonflikt #StraßevonHormus (translated)
Der Rheinpegel in Köln wird voraussichtlich unter die 40-Zentimeter-Marke sinken, was zu historischen Tiefständen und Problemen für die Schifffahrt führt. #Rhein #Niedrigwasser #Umwelt
Oman hat sich erneut als Vermittler im Nahost-Konflikt angeboten und die Konfliktparteien zu Zurückhaltung und Dialog aufgefordert, während es seine Bemühungen um die Sicherheit der Schifffahrt in der Straße von Hormus fortsetzen will. #Oman #Nahostkonflikt #Vermittlung
Lawrow hat nach dem Treffen mit Wadephul ziemlich klar beschrieben, was passiert ist: Der deutsche Außenminister habe im Wesentlichen die bekannten öffentlichen Positionen Deutschlands vorgelesen – nichts Neues, nichts, was man nicht schon hundertmal gehört hätte. Zwischen den Zeilen sei der Eindruck entstanden, dass allein das Zustandekommen des Gesprächs bereits als großer Entgegenkommen gewertet werden sollte und man dafür entsprechende Zugeständnisse erwarte – etwa bei der Ukraine und der Schifffahrt im Schwarzen Meer. Lawrow wirkte dabei eher amüsiert als verärgert. Man könnte sagen: Er hat die deutsche Diplomatie freundlich, aber unmissverständlich auf den Boden der Realität zurückgeholt. #Diplomatie #Ukraine #SchwarzesMeer
Das teilte Turki al-Maliki mit, der Sprecher des von Saudi-Arabien angeführten Militärbündnisses, das im Jemen an der Seite der Regierung gegen die vom Iran unterstützte Huthi-Miliz kämpft. #StraßeVonHormus #Schifffahrt #SaudiArabien
„Die Straße von Hormus muss zurück zum Status vor dem 28. Februar 2026 ohne die Erhebung jeglicher Gebühren und ohne Beschränkungen“„Die Straße von Hormus muss zurück zum Status vor dem 28. Februar 2026 ohne die Erhebung jeglicher Gebühren und ohne Beschränkungen“, sagte der saudische Außenminister Faisal bin Farhan bei der UNO-Generaldebatte. #StraßeVonHormus #Schifffahrt #SaudiArabien
Saudi-Arabien fordert, dass die Straße von Hormus gebührenfrei bleibt und auf den Status vor dem Iran-Krieg zurückkehrt, während es gleichzeitig einen neuen Luftangriff der Huthi-Miliz auf Riad abwehrte. #StraßeVonHormus #Schifffahrt #SaudiArabien
Huthi-Außenminister Abdulwahid Abu Ras äußert sich im Interview über den Konflikt um die Handelsstraße Bab al-Mandab und erklärt, dass die Huthis keine internationalen Schifffahrtswege sperren wollen, während sie gleichzeitig Saudi-Arabien angreifen und umgekehrt. #Huthis #BabAlMandab #SaudiArabien
Der Schiffsverkehr durch die Straße von Hormuz ist am Wochenende aufgrund anhaltender Spannungen in der Golfregion stark zurückgegangen, mit nur noch einem Dutzend Tankern, die die Meerenge passierten. #Schifffahrt #Hormuz #Ölexport
