Moscow has stepped up attacks on Ukraine's maritime export arteries over the last two months. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russian drones targeted two civilian cargo ships near Ukraine's Black Sea ports, resulting in a death and injuries among crew ...

Ukraine said Friday that Russia had hit two cargo ships off its south coast in the Black Sea, killing a Syrian crew member on ...

The United States has intercepted and seized another sanctioned oil tanker at sea, escalating its enforcement campaign ...

Traders from Arabia once called its black pepper “black gold,” while European explorers sailed across oceans to control its ...

According to reports by Reuters and Turkish media on 8 January 2026, the Palau-flagged oil tanker Elbus, en route to Russia, was attacked by an unmanned surface vehicle in the Black Sea. Following the ...

The use of unresigistered or falsely registered ships by Russia and other countries trying to avoid sanctions is becoming an ...

A drone strike on a tanker off Turkey’s coast adds to mounting pressure on Russia’s shadow fleet, as Ukraine and its allies ...

The Palau-flagged oil tanker Elbus was reportedly seen with smoke pouring its deck some 30 miles off the coast of Turkey on ...

A drone attacked an oil tanker heading for the Russian port of Novorossiysk off the Black Sea coast near Türkiye.

The Palau-flagged tanker Elbus was hit by a drone in the Black Sea, diverted to Turkey, with no injuries or oil spill.

Brussels recently introduced a new strategic concept for its activities in the Black Sea region. While ambitious in its goals ...