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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.
A tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile and caught fire, the first attack of October following a cluster of at least 16 strikes on vessels in September.
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.
Finnish coast guard, police and armed forces conducted a live drill fast-roping from a helicopter onto a target vessel in the Gulf of Finland to rehearse responses to undersea sabotage threats.
The Dominican Republic-flagged merchant vessel Progress IV caught fire and sank in Romania’s exclusive economic zone, with President Nicusor Dan saying the ship was likely hit.
