Russia's largest Black Sea port continues to face restrictions on crude oil exports: Two major berths have not resumed shipments after being attacked

Golden Ten Data reported on April 13 that crude oil exports from Russia's largest Black Sea port remain restricted after a Ukrainian drone attack last week, with the port’s two biggest berths still not restored for shipments. According to satellite images and people familiar with shipping data, berths 1 and 1a at the Sheskharis terminal of the Russian state-owned oil pipeline company in Novorossiysk—designed specifically for Suezmax and Aframax tankers—are still vacant. They revealed that crude oil is currently shipped only from berth 2, which can accommodate only smaller Aframax tankers. Novorossiysk is Russia's largest Black Sea port and features several bulk commodity export facilities. Compiled data from various agencies shows that in the first three months of this year, the port transported an average of nearly 540,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Due to its importance to Russia’s oil industry, the port has become a repeated target of Ukrainian attacks in recent weeks.