Carriers

Shipowners jammed if charterers demand transport to Russia

Charterers are permitted to demand of shipowners to sail to Russia against their will if these have not insured themselves legally. Some shipowners have chosen to turn back on the way to Russian harbors, maritime lawyer Johannes Grove Nielsen tells ShippingWatch.
Turkish vessel Yara Jupier was the first merchant ship to be hit by a missile outside Ukraine's largest port city Odesa. | Photo: Yasin Akgul/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
Turkish vessel Yara Jupier was the first merchant ship to be hit by a missile outside Ukraine's largest port city Odesa. | Photo: Yasin Akgul/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
by TOMAS KRISTIANSEN

Carriers may face legal charges if they refuse to call at a Russian port for a charterer.

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