Search for ships currently entered in the London P&I Club by their name or I M O number Search Search for correspondents in our global network by country/area or port/city Search Ukraine – Local and Sanctions Update of 24 February 24 February 2022 Further to our previous news alert of 17 February regarding the situation in Ukrainian ports, please note the latest updates received today from a Ukraine Correspondent, Dias Marine Consulting PC: “Yesterday evening, Ukraine’s parliament has voted to approve a national state of emergency on all of its territory after Russia recognized two breakaway regions as independent (in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, a state of emergency had already been in place since 2014). Today in the morning Russia has launched a new military operation against Ukraine in Donetsk region and along the borders of Ukraine. Martial law was imposed throughout the country for 30 days. As per the Dispatcher Control of the Sea of Azov ports their operation may be suspended. Berdyansk port stopped cargo operations and introduced no-passing regime (the seafarers are to stay on board their ships). The port of Mariupol (in Donetsk region) is still operating but pending completion of cargo operations of the ship already berthed. No official Port Authorities’ information is available though. Ukrainian Black Sea ports are not affected by the restrictions so far and operate as usual but took the required measures to strengthen the security and access control procedures. The shipping traffic from Bosporus to Ukraine is unhindered. The situation is tense and may change at any moment – we’ll keep you further advised.” Update at 11.30AM LT 24 February 2022 “ Black Sea Ports As the Russian military aggression unrolls the local authorities decided to close entrance to the ports of Odessa and Chernomorsk. There is no official information yet on the closure of ports of Pivdenny, Nikolaev, Dneprobugsky – the cargo operations are still in process there - but we presu