MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday that weather conditions in the Black Sea remained unfavourable for shipping and that restrictions at Russian seaports would remain in place until the weather improved.
Navigation is restricted around Russia’s Black Sea ports in the southern Krasnodar region due to a major storm that blew up earlier this week, the ministry of transport said in an earlier statement on Tuesday.
“The merchant fleet remains offshore and on the high seas until the storm is over,” it said.
The Black Sea region has been hit by heavy storms since Friday that have disrupted logistics and oil exports, and damaged homes and infrastructure.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Kevin Liffey/Andrew Osborn)
