The tanker attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces rushes empty from the Black Sea: Chevron was left without cargo

The tanker Maran Homer leaves the Black Sea after an attack near Novorossiysk by a Ukrainian drone. The ship chartered by the American Chevron leaves empty.

American Chevron is again suffering losses due to attacks by Ukrainian unmanned boats that attacked the tanker Maran Homer yesterday. According to AIS ships, the tanker leaves the Black Sea empty.

So, its draft is 9.5 meters out of 17. At the same time, the tanker itself is already a hundred miles from the Bosphorus Strait and 320 miles from Novorossiysk.

There, the vessel was supposed to pick up at the sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) up to 156 thousand tons of Kazakh oil for Chevron, which is the main participant in two of the three megaprojects in Kazakhstan.

However, at 4.35 am on March 14, he was attacked by Ukrainian naval drones.

"There are no casualties, the crew is safe," said the shipowner of Maran Tankers. The company explained that the deck and equipment of the vessel received only minor damage. Nevertheless, the tanker headed out of the Black Sea.

As EADaily reported, after the previous attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Greek tankers, they began to indicate AIS as the end point of charterers and CPC. At the same time, most of the vessels are not defended before loading Novorossiysk, and near the territorial waters of Turkey.

Greek Shipping Minister Vasilis Kikilias said he believes that the attack on Maran Homer may be related to the US decision to temporarily ease sanctions against Russian oil.