{"id":18512,"date":"2026-07-30T10:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/black-sea-drone-attack-sparks-fire-on-greek-interest-tanker-nissos-sifnos-near-novorossiysk-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:14:38","slug":"black-sea-drone-attack-sparks-fire-on-greek-interest-tanker-nissos-sifnos-near-novorossiysk-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/black-sea-drone-attack-sparks-fire-on-greek-interest-tanker-nissos-sifnos-near-novorossiysk-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sea drone attack sparks fire on Greek-interest tanker Nissos Sifnos near Novorossiysk \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"A\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A drone attack on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) marine terminal near Novorossiysk in the Black Sea triggered a fire on the Greek-interest crude oil tanker <em>Nissos Sifnos<\/em> in the early hours of Thursday 30 July 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maritime security specialists Marisks reported that the Marshall Islands-flagged <em>Nissos Sifnos<\/em> was struck at approximately 01:48 Moscow time while loading at Single Point Mooring (SPM) 3. The vessel was taking on Tengizchevroil crude \u2014 in which US energy major Chevron holds a stake \u2014 when the unmanned aerial vehicle ignited a blaze in the loading pipeline area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tanker\u2019s crew quickly contained and extinguished the fire with support from three CPC vessels that responded immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A second tanker, the Isle of Man-flagged <em>Marathi<\/em>, was also targeted by a drone roughly six nautical miles from the terminal as it approached to begin loading. The extent of any damage to <em>Marathi<\/em> has not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No injuries were reported among either crew and no oil spill or marine pollution occurred. The <em>Nissos Sifnos<\/em> remains afloat and stable. Technical teams and local authorities are assessing the damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loading operations at the affected SPM 3 berth have been suspended temporarily for safety checks and inspections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key facts at a glance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Location: CPC terminal, Black Sea, near Novorossiysk, Russia<\/li>\n<li>Vessels involved: <em>Nissos Sifnos<\/em> (Greek interests, Marshall Islands flag) and <em>Marathi<\/em> (Isle of Man flag)<\/li>\n<li>Time of strike: approx. 01:48 Moscow time, 30 July 2026<\/li>\n<li>Outcome: Fire extinguished, no casualties, no pollution, loading halted at SPM 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tBlack Sea, Caspian Pipeline Consortium, CPC terminal, crude oil, Drone attack, Greek tanker, Marathi tanker, maritime security, Nissos Sifnos, Novorossiysk, tanker fire, Tengizchevroil\t<\/div>\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/07\/30\/black-sea-drone-attack-nissos-sifnos-novorossiysk\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drone attack on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) marine terminal near Novorossiysk in the Black Sea triggered a fire on the Greek-interest crude oil tanker Nissos Sifnos in the early hours of Thursday 30 July 2026. Maritime security specialists Marisks reported that the Marshall Islands-flagged Nissos Sifnos was struck at approximately 01:48 Moscow time &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Black Sea drone attack sparks fire on Greek-interest tanker Nissos Sifnos near Novorossiysk \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/black-sea-drone-attack-sparks-fire-on-greek-interest-tanker-nissos-sifnos-near-novorossiysk-greek-city-times\/#more-18512\" aria-label=\"Read more about Black Sea drone attack sparks fire on Greek-interest tanker Nissos Sifnos near Novorossiysk \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/VESSEL.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}