en.Wedoany.com Reported - On the evening of April 9th, Russia's largest Black Sea port, Novorossiysk, partially resumed oil and fuel loading operations at the Sheskharis terminal. The terminal had been targeted by a large-scale drone attack on the night of April 5th, triggering a fire and forcing export activities to be suspended for nearly a week. According to the latest dispatch information dated April 10, 2026, the terminal has currently resumed operation at one berth. It is expected that the first post-attack shipment of 80,000 tons of crude oil will be loaded and depart on April 11th (Friday).

Regarding facility damage and repairs, the attack caused substantial damage to the ground infrastructure of the Sheskharis terminal. Industry insiders revealed that 6 out of the terminal's original 7 loading arms were damaged, and the pipeline control unit and metering station were also affected. Consequently, the terminal's intended daily loading capacity of 700,000 barrels cannot be fully realized in the short term. Subsequent oil loading schedules are expected to be reduced due to limited berth availability.

Currently, the resumption of operations at Novorossiysk Port is being implemented in a phased manner. In addition to crude oil, the port resumed fuel oil loading on Thursday and had already completed its first diesel export shipment of the week prior. As the Sheskharis terminal is a core export hub for the pipeline network of Russia's state-owned Transneft, its operational efficiency directly impacts the scale of crude oil shipments from southern Russia.

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