Russia’s biggest Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and the surrounding areas were attacked by drones overnight, damaging infrastructure and threatening to further squeeze commodity flows from the region.
Novorossiysk, which hosts grain, crude and oil product terminals, is on fire, according to NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System. The Seaviolet tanker, which was at CPC’s third mooring, suffered some damage but completed loading, the person said on condition of anonymity as the information is not public. The mooring itself appears undamaged, the person said.
CPC’s press office and the administration of Novorossiysk port did not immediately respond to Bloomberg requests for comment. The satellite imagery taken on Wednesday shows relatively fresh heat anomalies — likely indicating fires — in the area where some grain facilities and the fuel oil terminal are located. The Black Sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, the main outlet for Kazakshtan’s crude-oil exports, was also targeted by drones on Wednesday morning, according to a person familiar with the matter.
