# Fully ban UK shipping services for Russian LNG

> “It comes as the UK doubles down on support for Ukraine, including delivering £45 million of surface-to-air missiles deliveries and standing by plans to fully implement a maritime services ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports – restricting Russia’s access to the UK’s world leading shipping and insurance services.”
>
> — HM Government; Press release (Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street), 13 October 2026

- **Status:** Promised
- **Status ladder:** Promised → In plan → Legislated → Funded → Delivering → Delivered
- **Policy area:** [Defence](https://ledgergov.uk/promises/area/defence)
- **Speaker:** [HM Government](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/hm-government)
- **Made on:** 13 October 2026
- **Where:** Press release (Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street)
- **Cost a year:** No costing published
- **Who it affects:** Russian liquefied natural gas exports, which lose access to UK shipping and insurance services
- **When:** Not stated
- **Paid for by:** Not stated when it was announced
- **Quote source:** https://www.gov.uk/government/news/president-zelenskyy-to-visit-downing-street-as-the-uk-doubles-down-on-support-for-ukraine-and-calls-on-partners-to-follow-suit (checked word for word on 16 October 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0)
- **Last updated:** 16 October 2026
- **Card:** https://ledgergov.uk/promise/uk-russian-lng-shipping-ban-2026

## Where it stands

The release says the UK is "standing by plans" to fully implement a maritime services ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, restricting Russia's access to UK shipping and insurance services. The same sentence mentions £45m of surface-to-air missile deliveries for Ukraine; this card follows the LNG ban only. The release says the Chancellor will urge partners at the IMF to fully implement an equivalent ban, and gives no date for the UK ban. The card moves when the ban is fully in force.

## Timeline

- 13 October 2026, Promised: The government says it stands by plans to fully implement a maritime services ban on Russian LNG exports

## About the cost

No cost has been published. The £45m in the same sentence is for surface-to-air missiles, not this ban.

## Sources

- [Prime Minister's Office press release, 13 Oct 2026: President Zelenskyy to visit Downing Street as the UK doubles down on support for Ukraine and calls on partners to follow suit](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/president-zelenskyy-to-visit-downing-street-as-the-uk-doubles-down-on-support-for-ukraine-and-calls-on-partners-to-follow-suit)

## Checks

- Checked automatically by AI Journalist, not yet verified by an editor.
- Checked by AI Journalist (automated) on 16 October 2026.

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