Russian ships banned from UK ports

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The British Transport Minister, Rt Hon Grant Shapps, He asked that country’s ports not allow entry to any Russian-flagged ships, as part of actions against Vladimir Putin’s government for invading Ukraine.

“Today I wrote to all UK ports asking them not to provide access to any Russian-flagged, registered, owned, controlled, chartered or managed vessel. Given Putin’s conduct in Ukraine, I made it clear that these vessels are not welcome here,” the minister noted. with the prohibition of following the legislation.”

In the Foreign Secretary’s briefing, he detailed that “Russia’s attack on Ukraine is a premeditated and unprovoked attack against a sovereign, democratic state. The UK government has made clear that any Russian military incursion into Ukraine would have serious consequences and a high cost, and in coordination with our allies and international partners We are developing an unprecedented package of additional sanctions.”

According to the representative of the United Kingdom, the maritime sector is critical to international trade and “we must play our part in reining in Russia’s economic interests and holding the Russian government to account. In these circumstances, the Ministry of Transport does not consider it appropriate for Russian ships to continue to enter the ports of the Kingdom.” As of this moment, UK ports are required not to give access to any vessel which they have reason to believe is owned, controlled, chartered or operated by any person connected to Russia, flying the Russian flag or registered in Russia.”

The brief states that they will continue to seek to assist UK ports in identifying Russian vessels within the scope of the above, and will contact relevant ports when identifying vessels destined for UK ports within the scope of the above.