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Russian Novorossiysk Port Halts Traffic After Drone Attack

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Russian authorities temporarily closed the Novorossiysk port for marine traffic, while there has been no damage to the CPC infrastructure, Caspian Pipeline Consortium said.

  • CPC continues oil loadings on moored tankers, it said.
  • Russian Defense Ministry reported an attempted overnight attack on the Novorossiysk naval base by two naval drones, both of which were destroyed.
  • August oil loadings from Novorossiysk are predicted to fall to 2.32mn tonnes, down from 2.4mn tonnes in July according to Reuters.

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