The Caspian Pipeline Consortium has halted operations at its marine terminal in Novorossiysk following what the company describes as a drone boat attack on its offshore mooring equipment.
The consortium, which transports Kazakh and Russian oil to global markets, announced the incident on social media. Loading and other port operations have stopped, and tankers were moved outside the CPC water area.
"As a result, the company's mooring equipment was damaged," the company reported, adding that emergency protection systems activated to shut down pipelines prevented any oil spill into the Black Sea.
No casualties were reported among CPC personnel or contractors.
The company said the berth can no longer be used and characterized the attack as "third act of aggression against a purely civilian object protected by international law“ and ”attack on the interests of the countries participating in the CPC."
CPC emphasized it has never faced sanctions, which it described as recognition of the consortium's role in serving Western shareholders' interests.
