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This marks the second occurrence of this kind in recent history. On August 17, Bloomberg covered an assault on a Greek ship in the Black Sea that took place on August 16. The vessel Skiros came under attack following the loading of Russian-sourced cargo at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal close to Novorossiysk, as per sources acquainted with the matter.
A drone strike at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has halted crude oil shipments from the Russian Sheskharis terminal, three sources informed Reuters on August 14. The terminal halted oil acceptance as its storage tanks reached capacity, according to one source.
It stated that a tanker set to load crude oil at the port left for the open sea in the early hours of August 14 following a drone attack attempt on the terminal. The port of Novorossiysk has restarted operations following a loading suspension, two trade sources informed Reuters on August 17.
In mid-August, the Financial Times covered US Vice President J.D. Vance's appeal to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt assaults on ships close to the Novorossiysk port.
The newspaper reported that the US is worried about attacks near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal on tankers transporting Kazakh oil. After the dialogue between Vance and Zelenskyy, Ukrainian drone strikes on ships stopped on July 31, as reported by the FT on August 12. Bloomberg stated that Ukraine assured it would refrain from targeting CPC infrastructure or tankers unrelated to Russia heading to its terminal.
source: reuters.com, ft.com
A drone strike at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has halted crude oil shipments from the Russian Sheskharis terminal, three sources informed Reuters on August 14. The terminal halted oil acceptance as its storage tanks reached capacity, according to one source.
It stated that a tanker set to load crude oil at the port left for the open sea in the early hours of August 14 following a drone attack attempt on the terminal. The port of Novorossiysk has restarted operations following a loading suspension, two trade sources informed Reuters on August 17.
In mid-August, the Financial Times covered US Vice President J.D. Vance's appeal to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt assaults on ships close to the Novorossiysk port.
The newspaper reported that the US is worried about attacks near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal on tankers transporting Kazakh oil. After the dialogue between Vance and Zelenskyy, Ukrainian drone strikes on ships stopped on July 31, as reported by the FT on August 12. Bloomberg stated that Ukraine assured it would refrain from targeting CPC infrastructure or tankers unrelated to Russia heading to its terminal.
source: reuters.com, ft.com
