2025-11-29 09:48
ISTANBUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Saturday that an unmanned vessel reportedly attacked a tanker in Russia's shadow fleet off Turkey's Black Sea coast, after the ship was initially struck late on Friday. The Turkish transport ministry said in a statement that the Virat suffered minor damage after the attack but is in a stable condition and the crew is in good health. Sign up here. "The Virat, reportedly attacked by unmanned vessels some 35 miles offshore in the Black Sea, was reportedly attacked again this morning by unmanned vessels. (Virat) sustained minor damage to its starboard side above the waterline," the ministry said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the reported attacks. Separately, Turkish authorities continue extinguishing and cooling efforts on another Russian-bound tanker that caught fire after an explosion in the Black Sea, the ministry said. The rescue teams have evacuated 25 crew members from the 274-meter-long Kairos following the fire, the ministry said. On Friday, Turkey said Kairos was heading to Russia's Novorossiysk port when it reported "an external impact" causing a fire 28 nautical miles off the Turkish shore. Both Kairos and Virat are on a list of ships subject to sanctions imposed against Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to LSEG data. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/unmanned-vessel-attacked-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-black-sea-turkey-says-2025-11-29/
2025-11-29 09:39
MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which handles more than 1% of global oil, said on Saturday it halted operations after a mooring at its Black Sea terminal was significantly damaged by a Ukrainian naval drone attack. "Further operation of mooring point 2 is not possible," it said in a statement about one of three key pieces of exporting equipment. Sign up here. CPC exports mainly from Kazakhstan via Russia and the Black Sea terminal. Kazakhstan's energy ministry said it had activated a plan to redirect oil exports to alternative routes after the attack, which it called unacceptable. CPC accounts for around 80% of Kazakhstan’s oil exports. The ministry also said that such actions pose risks to global energy security and cause significant damage to the economic interests of the consortium members. CPC's shareholders include U.S. majors Chevron (CVX.N) , opens new tab and Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) , opens new tab. "It's not looking good - it was hit hard. They're going to launch the third mooring point, which is under repair," a trader told Reuters. No one was injured among CPC staff and contractors as a result of the attack on the oil terminal, the consortium said. At the moment of the explosion, the emergency protection system shut down the relevant pipelines and preliminary reports indicate that no oil has spilled into the Black Sea, it added. "Shipments at the terminal will be carried out in accordance with established rules once the threats from unmanned boats and drones have been eliminated," CPC said. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/cpc-says-oil-exports-halted-equipment-heavily-damaged-by-drones-2025-11-29/
2025-11-29 09:31
MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Falling drone debris sparked a blaze at the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, but the fire has been put out, regional authorities said on Saturday. Some technical equipment on the premises was damaged but no one was injured, the local taskforce said. Sign up here. The Russian Defence Ministry said that air defence units had intercepted and destroyed 103 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, including 11 over the Krasnodar region. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fire-russias-afipsky-oil-refinery-extinguished-after-drone-attack-authorities-2025-11-29/
2025-11-29 08:40
SANTIAGO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Copper output in Chile, the world's largest producer of the metal, fell 7% year-on-year in October to 458,405 metric tons, statistics agency INE said on Friday. Manufacturing production in the Andean nation was slightly down 0.4% in the month on a yearly basis, the agency also said. Sign up here. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chiles-copper-output-manufacturing-production-fall-october-2025-11-29/
2025-11-29 07:52
Nov 28 (Reuters) - Warehouse operator Henry Bath & Son has become the latest company to register a storage facility with the London Metal Exchange in Hong Kong, a notice from the bourse revealed on Friday. The warehouse, located in the Kwai Chung district in Hong Kong's New Territories, can store copper, aluminium and aluminium alloy, nickel, lead, zinc and tin, said the notice from the LME, which is owned by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (0388.HK) , opens new tab. Sign up here. It becomes the 13th Hong Kong facility to be listed since the LME first approved warehouses in the city in January this year, with the aim of providing a gateway to mainland China, the world's biggest metals consumer. The listing of Henry Bath's warehouse is effective immediately, but metal can only be warranted there - or approved for storage by the LME and made available for delivery against its metals contracts - from Dec. 5, the notice said. Liverpool-based Henry Bath is majority owned by Chinese warehousing and logistics firm CMST Development Co, which bought a 51% stake from commodity trader Mercuria in early 2016. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/henry-bath-lists-lme-warehouse-hong-kong-2025-11-29/
2025-11-29 07:33
LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Mobile phones, wallets, rucksacks, spectacles and keys top the list of the 6,000 items that arrive weekly at Transport for London's lost property warehouse, alongside some unexpected items, including a bag of cooked frogs and an urn of ashes. "We didn't keep them," Transport for London manager Diana Quaye said of the frogs. Sign up here. A sandwich left on London Underground's Victoria line, or a chocolate bar on the top deck of the Number 37 bus, gets chucked away with the frogs and all other perishable items. But everything else is sorted, logged, labelled and filed away in Transport for London's east London warehouse. BIGGEST LOST PROPERTY OFFICE IN EUROPE Slightly smaller than a football pitch, the warehouse, packed full of rows of sliding shelves, is the biggest lost property office in Europe and has a staff of 45, Transport for London says. Umbrella handles protrude from one shelf, books overflow from another, while hundreds of stuffed children's toys, including a huge St Bernard dog teddy and a Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, sit forlornly, awaiting collection. One area is dedicated to intriguing finds from over the decades. There's a wedding dress, an artificial limb and a taxidermy fox, amongst other treasures which would delight flea-market enthusiasts. Under one-fifth of all items lost on London's tubes, overground trains, buses and black cabs are ever reclaimed. After typically holding items for three months, Transport for London decides whether to auction them or send them to charity. They give sports equipment to a local school, while new toys are given to a children's charity at Christmas. The urn of ashes, held in a bag that was then stolen, was kept by Transport for London for seven years before eventually being returned to its owner in Germany. Commuters on buses are the biggest culprits when it comes to lost property, Quaye said. "I don't know if people get a bit relaxed on the bus, but they tend to leave items on there," she said. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/mobile-phones-cooked-frogs-inside-londons-biggest-lost-property-office-2025-11-29/
