By Selcan Hacaoglu (Bloomberg) — Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria joined forces to hunt mines in the Black Sea, a move aimed at improving shipping safety and shoring up vital Ukrainian grain…
https://gcaptain.com/black-sea-mine-removal-initiative-aims-to-secure-ukraine-exports-path/
by John Konrad (gCaptain) On Tuesday, Turkey made the controversial decision to block two British minehunter ships from entering the Black Sea, citing the Montreux Convention. This move has sparked…
https://gcaptain.com/turkey-blocks-uk-navy-from-clearing-black-sea-mines/
By Tarso Veloso and Ilena Peng (Bloomberg) Wheat futures climbed after a vessel preparing to load grain from Ukraine hit a mine in the Black Sea, further raising fears of an…
https://gcaptain.com/wheat-futures-surge-after-grain-ship-hits-mine/
KYIV, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Ukraine has suspended the use of its new Black Sea grain export corridor due to a possible threat from Russian warplanes and sea mines, the Kyiv-based Barva Invest…
https://gcaptain.com/ukraine-suspends-black-sea-grain-corridor/
(Bloomberg) — Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria are discussing the creation of a joint force to clear any mines that drift into their waters from Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to…
https://gcaptain.com/nato-allies-to-form-mine-sweeping-force-to-clear-black-sea-route/
LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – A Turkish-flagged general cargo ship hit a mine on Thursday in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania and sustained minor damage but the crew was…
https://gcaptain.com/turkish-cargo-ship-hits-mine-in-black-sea/
KYIV, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Shipping and coastal communities around Ukraine’s major seaport hub of Odesa received a warning from military officials on Tuesday over the high risk of naval mines drifting along…
https://gcaptain.com/ukraine-warns-of-drifting-mines-along-black-sea-coast/
SOFIA, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s navy on Tuesday defused a naval mine that had drifted close to its Black Sea coast, a day after it carried out a controlled explosion of another mine, the defence…
https://gcaptain.com/bulgaria-defuses-drifting-sea-mines-along-black-sea-coast/
BUCHAREST, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Romania’s navy carried out a controlled explosion on Saturday of a naval mine that had drifted close to the country’s Black Sea shore, the defense ministry said. Mines began…
https://gcaptain.com/romania-defuses-mine-drifting-near-its-black-sea-shore/
by Luiza Ilie (Reuters) A Romanian Navy dredger hit a drifting mine it was trying to defuse in bad weather on Thursday, but the crew of 75 were unharmed by the explosion, the…