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Three maritime drones struck the Liberian-flagged container ship Contship Jet off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, prompting a Navy rescue of all 18 crew members.
More than 570 commercial vessels have been attacked in the Black Sea in 2026 and at least 40 seafarers killed, making it more dangerous for shipping this year than the Persian Gulf, according to Financial Times analysis of Ambrey and IMO data.
Greek owners pushed billions into new listings and newbuildings even as drone strikes in the Black Sea, a cyber extortion threat and a record-ageing fleet exposed the risks shadowing a buoyant market.
A string of drone strikes on at least seven cargo vessels off the coasts of NATO members Romania and Bulgaria this month has left two dead and at least 25 missing, raising fears of deliberate escalation in the Black Sea.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have formally asked the European Union to ban the transit of Russian grain through EU territory, arguing Moscow is using the bloc’s ports and infrastructure to offset losses from Ukrainian strikes on its Black Sea export terminals.
Three drone attacks on merchant ships within 24 hours have pushed the Black Sea war risk zone into the exclusive economic zones of NATO members Romania and Bulgaria for the first time.
Russia’s defence ministry says its forces struck four dry cargo vessels and port infrastructure across Ukraine’s Odesa region over the weekend, days after a fatal strike on a Liberian-flagged ship.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told UN leaders his country is ready to accept a Black Sea maritime truce built on proposals from Egypt, India and Turkey, leaving Russia to decide whether to respond.
Maritime security firm Ambrey reports that aerial and surface drones have surpassed sea mines as the dominant floating hazard threatening merchant shipping in the Black Sea.
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has called on member states to stop attacking merchant vessels and seafarers across the Middle East, Black Sea and Red Sea conflicts, citing 80 verified attacks near the Strait of Hormuz alone.
