Priority Broadcast Alert – Europe and the Mediterranean

UPDATE01: Ambrey received information that a second tanker had suffered damage due to the UAV attack on the port of Primorsk. A loading terminal in the port was also damaged, which caused operations at the terminal to be suspended. At the time of writing, no official statement had been released regarding the damage to the second vessel or the resumption of operations at the terminal.
A vessel suffered a fire due to the Ukraine Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV) attack on the Port of Primorsk, Russia. Russian state media reported that Russian defence forces downed at least 30 UAVs in the area of interest. Reportedly the “open fire on a vessel has been extinguished in the port of Primorsk. There is no threat of flooding or spillage of oil products”. This indicated that the impacted vessel was a merchant tanker. Ambrey assessed that eleven merchant vessels were moored at the port at the time of the attack. Ambrey observed uncorroborated footage published on social media showing large plumes of fire and columns of smoke rising from the port area. This marks the first known collateral damage to a vessel, subsequent to a long-range Ukrainian UAV strike on the Port of Primorsk. The attack on the Port of Primorsk was part of a wider UAV attack on Leningrad Oblast region. ADVICE: Vessels conducting Black Sea port calls are advised to conduct comprehensive dynamic voyage threat assessments. The crew is advised to remain within the designated Safe Muster Point (SMP) during UAV attacks on infrastructure. The SMP should be located above the waterline, amidships, and low-down in the superstructure.