Shipowners have been warned they could run the risk of breaking recently announced additional US sanctions against Russia by calling at the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol.

The West of England P&I club has warned its members on the advice of its US attorney Freehill Hogan & Mahar.

The US law firm has assessed the impact of President Joe Biden’s Executive Order which was issued on 21 February in response to Russia’s continued actions in Ukraine.