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Chinese container ships making costly detours enroute to Russia due to Ukrainian drone threat
The 'Xin He Lu 2' was monitored by the patrol vessel 'Neustadt' of the German Federal police and NATO forces, including the French corvette 'Commandant Blaison' and a German corvette, during its unusual passage off the coast of Fehmarn, on its way to St. Petersburg, where it arrived on Oct 3, 2026. The Russian Navy escorted the freighter arriving from Taicang with the Buyan-M-class corvette 'Serpukhov', which was severely damaged in the spring of 2024 during an act of Ukrainian sabotage at the Baltiysk naval base Kaliningrad and has only been fully operational again since summer, spotted for the first time sporting a new checkerboard camouflage pattern on its superstructure. Due to the ongoing threat from Ukrainian sea and air drones in the Black Sea, the Chinese shipping company XHL Line is now avoiding the Russian port of Novorossiysk. Instead, it is now sailing to St. Petersburg via the Baltic Sea. Switching from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea route meant a significant extra effort for the ships: the freighters have to make a detour of around 4,000 nautical miles. After transiting the Suez Canal, the 'Xin He Lu 2' refueled off Gibraltar on Sep 22 and reached St. Petersburg only after a 40-day voyage.
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