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Posted on August 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
A Belize-flagged bulk carrier was damaged by an explosion near Ukraine's Chornomorsk port in the Black Sea. The crew was unharmed, and the ship had no cargo.
KYIV (Reuters) -A civilian bulk carrier flying the flag of Belize has sustained minor damage after hitting an unknown explosive device near the Ukrainian seaport of Chornomorsk, two sources told Reuters on Sunday.
Chornomorsk is a large and strategically important seaport in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, one of three Ukrainian ports operating in a maritime transport corridor linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
Sources reported that the crew of the NS PRIDE were unharmed and that the ship continued on its way. Local media reported that there was no cargo on board at the time of the explosion.
Earlier on Sunday, Odesa's governor said that Chornomorsk had been subjected to a significant attack by Russian drones overnight, and part of the region was left without electricity due to strikes on energy facilities.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
The Belize-flagged bulk carrier sustained minor damage after hitting an unknown explosive device near the Ukrainian seaport of Chornomorsk.
Sources reported that the crew of the NS PRIDE were unharmed, and the ship continued on its way.
Local media reported that there was no cargo on board at the time of the explosion.
Earlier on Sunday, Odesa's governor stated that Chornomorsk had been subjected to a significant attack by Russian drones, which left part of the region without electricity.
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