News / Call for a ban on Russian ships at UK ports, with legislation to back it up

Port of Liverpool

Source Port of Liverpool

By Alexander Whiteman

01/03/2022

UPDATED 14.30 GMT, 1.3.2022. The UK has now enacted the legislation banning Russian ships from UK ports.

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UK ports are being urged to refuse access to Russian-flagged, -registered, -owned or -controlled ships to aid efforts to get President Putin to pull his forces out of Ukraine.

A source also told The Loadstar that the Port of Rotterdam and Dutch Customs are blocking shipments to Russia on all exports, not just those under sanctions. (We will try to confirm this as soon as ...

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