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The ship completely capsized and drifted before sinking on the 24th.

The vessel registered in Comoros was on a voyage from Turkey to Romania when the attack occurred as it neared Romania's territorial waters outside Constanta, Romania.

At least seven other cargo ships have been attacked during October off the Black Sea coasts of NATO members Romania and Bulgaria.

In the Persian Gulf region, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization reported October 29th that a tanker outbound in the southern portion of the Strait of Hormuz had been reported on fire after being approached by a small boat which attached two explosive devices or limpet mines to the hull above the waterline near the engine room.

Now to the Black Sea, where NATO's southeastern edge is under pressure.

The Associated Press reported that a drone hit the cargo ship Koriv, which caught fire and sank for about 13 nautical miles east of Constanta, Romania.

Of 13 crew members, nine were rescued, one was killed, and three were missing.

The AP said at least seven other cargo ships had been attacked this month off Romania and Bulgaria.

The conship jet, about 21 nautical miles off the coast of Bulgaria, on Wednesday, Defense Minister Dmitry Stoyanov said it was the fifth drone attack in the NATO country's exclusive economic zone this month.

The Greek-managed container ship was en route from Israel's port of Haifa to Constanta in Romania.

All 18 crew members, 14 Filipinos and 4 Ukrainians, were rescued by Bulgarian naval and border police vessels and taken to the port city of Varna for medical checks.

Some of the containers on board were carrying lithium-ion batteries, flammable liquids, gases, and other hazardous materials.

In fact, some of the recent data that I've looked at would say that in September, Ukraine only managed to export less than 50% of the volume of wheat and corn, especially wheat that it could potentially have shipped through the Black Sea.

It's using a much more expensive Danube River route to get down to Constanta back into the Black Sea.

But Lacey, that's costing upwards of $300 per ton for wheat.

And to put that into context versus last year, you're talking about prices in some cases for not just rail cars, but also for some of the smaller ships.