Why the CPC terminal matters to Novorossiysk, and what a shutdown would mean

Port News & Information Mediterranean, Black & Caspian Seas © Caspian Pipeline Consortium Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 1, 2026 – As the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal near Novorossiysk faces repeated drone attacks through 2026, four questions keep recurring about the facility: how central it is to the wider port, why it sits so exposed to Ukrainian strikes, whether the oil it exports is genuinely separate from… Subscribe or log in to continue reading PortSEurope offers an English-language daily coverage from over 200 ports in the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas as well as a fully indexed and easily searchable database with more than 15,000 articles. Subscribe