Black Sea shipping carnage deepens as Turkish vessels hit in Russian retaliation

The risks facing commercial shipping in the Black Sea escalated sharply over the weekend after two Turkish-controlled vessels were struck amid a wave of Russian attacks on Ukrainian port infrastructure, following Kyiv’s recent strikes on Russian-linked shipping and energy assets. On Friday, Cenk Shipping’s ropax Cenk T (built 1978) caught fire while alongside in Chornomorsk …