Oil Tanker Damaged in Black Sea Drone Attack

A crude oil tanker was drone attack at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal off Russia's Black Sea coast on 17 July. The Nordic Zenith was struck by two drones, triggering a fire that was later extinguished. Nearby CPC support vessels evacuated 13 crew members, while nine remained aboard the tanker. Following the attack, the vessel was declared unfit for mooring and loading operations and removed from the CPC terminal's loading schedule.