A merchant ship carrying grain was hit by a mine in the Black Sea. It was slightly damaged off the coast of Ukraine.
This was reported by Reuters with reference to maritime specialists and sources in the Ukrainian government. According to preliminary data, the bulk carrier Georgia S, under the flag of Liberia, loaded with wheat, was en route from the port of Yuzhny, but was damaged on the high seas on Thursday, November 16.
According to a Ukrainian government source, the ship likely encountered a floating sea mine. The vessel continued sailing toward the Romanian port of Constanta on Friday, according to ship tracking and maritime analytics company MarineTraffic.
Mines in the Black Sea
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has contaminated the Black Sea with mines. They’re frequently washed up on the seacoast, in particular in the Odessa and Nikolaev regions, and similar explosive bias are also veritably dangerous for civil shipping.
In particular, on October 6 it was reported that the trafficker boat Kafkametler( Turkish flag) was blown up in the Black Sea. The boat was damaged 11 navigational long hauls north of the megacity of Sulina in Romania. Another incident occurred recently, on October 15, off the coast of Romania – the oil tanker Ali Najafov (Liberian flag) was hit by a mine.
Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania have decided to create an initiative to combat sea mines in the Black Sea.
After the Russian Federation left the “ grain agreement, ” the army of the raider country began to strike the anchorages of the Odessa region and grain storehouse areas. The Ukrainian Navy has proposed an indispensable route for mercenary vessels transporting food.
