Greece warns shipping fleet of risks after Black Sea drone attacks


FILE PHOTO: Commercial vessels, including oil tankers, wait at an anchorage in the Black Sea off Kilyos near Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

ATHENS, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Greece has ‌warned its shipping fleet to review their security measures when sailing ‌to Russian Black Sea ports after drone attacks on two ‌Greek-operated tankers this week, according to shipping ministry advisories.

Drones struck two oil tankers on Tuesday, including one chartered by U.S. oil major Chevron, as they sailed toward a Black Sea terminal ‍on Russia's Black Sea coast.

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