Three Panama-flagged ships have been hit by missiles in the Black Sea, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
Of these ships, one has sank, while the other two remain in the area, having sustained damages. Luckily, no casualties of the crews were reported.
We are aware that three ships have been hit by Russian missiles, but the crews are safe, and we only have material damages
said Noriel Arauz, head of the Panama Maritime Authority.
The three ships are “Namura Queen”, “Lord Nelson” and “Helt”; however it is not known when these ships were hit, under what circumstances, or which ship sank.
At this time, there are about 100 foreign-flagged vessels and more than hundreds of mariners stranded in the Ukrainian ports, according to Ukrainian maritime officials.
What is more, a seafarer was reportedly killed at the port of Olvia after his cargo vessel was hit by a missile. Ukraine accuses Russia of targeting facilities at the Olvia port in a missile strike. However, the Russian embassy in Dhaka informed that the circumstances were “being established” and that the military does not target civilians deliberately.
Meanwhile, fears continue to rise for the ships caught in the fighting in Ukraine, as reports from Bangladesh indicate that a third engineer was killed by an artillery or missile attack near Mykolaiv. The bulker Banglar Samriddhi was reported as stranded at the anchorage off the Port of Olvia, located in the Mykolaiv region on the northern Black Sea coast.
