A drone struck a tanker loading crude oil at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s (CPC) Black Sea export terminal on Monday, according to regional media reports, forcing the suspension of exports for the second time in less than 24 hours.
The CPC said the tanker NELSA was loading at Single Point Mooring 1 (SPM-1) when the drone hit the vessel’s starboard aft section, igniting a fire on deck and in compartments between the accommodation block and engine room
Emergency crews extinguished the fire within hours; the tanker remained…