据报道,一艘普通货船周四在黑海触雷。
事件发生在罗马尼亚海岸,悬挂土耳其国旗的Kafkametler号压载舱受到轻微损坏;而船上船员是安全的。
根据英国海事安全公司Ambrey收到的信息,该船在罗马尼亚苏利纳以北约11海里靠近苏利纳运河入口处撞上了一枚水雷。
Ambrey报告说,在920 UTC(格林尼治标准时间)发生爆炸后,该船在多瑙河航道抛锚以评估损坏情况。该船于12点10分恢复航行,没有人员伤亡报告。
保险公司将黑海列为高风险地区,因为漂浮的水雷会给航行带来危险。
一位来自乌克兰的政府消息人士也证实了这一事件,称其可能是二战时期的地雷,也可能是去年遗留在那里的地雷。
俄罗斯退出了黑海粮食协议,允许乌克兰通过安全通道运送粮食。此后,乌克兰为货船建立了一条人道主义走廊,自8月以来,已有几艘船只通过这条走廊离开乌克兰的黑海港口。
英国情报部门报告称,俄罗斯可能会在黑海使用水雷瞄准民用船只。
Ambrey还表示,就在这一事件发生的同一天,该公司告诉其客户要小心俄罗斯海军可能在黑海地区部署的水雷,以阻止乌克兰粮食的出口。
英文原文
A general cargo vessel reportedly hit a mine in the Black Sea on Thursday.
It happened off the Romanian coast, and the Turkish-flagged ship Kafkametler suffered minor damage to its ballast tank; however, the crew members were safe.
According to the information received by British Maritime Security Company Ambrey, the vessel hit a sea mine around 11 nautical miles north of Sulina, Romania, close to the entrance to the Sulina Canal.
There was an explosion onboard at 920 UTC (GMT), after which the ship dropped anchor in the Danube Channel to assess the damage, Ambrey informed. The ship resumed its sailing at 1210, and no casualties were reported.
The insurers list the Black Sea as a high-risk area due to the floating mines, which cause dangers to navigation.
A government source from Ukraine also confirmed the incident, saying it was probably a World War II mine or could be a landing mine left there last year.
Russia backed out of the Black Sea Grain Deal, allowing Ukraine to ship grain through a safe passageway. Since then, Ukraine has formed a humanitarian corridor for cargo ships, and several ships have left the Ukrainian Black Sea Ports via this corridor since August.
UK Intelligence reported that Russia might use sea mines to target civilian ships in the Black Sea.
Ambrey also said that this incident happened the same day the company told its clients to be careful of the Russian Navy’s likely sea mine deployment in the Black Sea region to prevent the export of Ukrainian grain.
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