LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - A Turkish-flagged general cargo ship hit a mine on Thursday in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania and sustained minor damage but the crew was safe, maritime and security sources said.

The Black Sea area has been listed as a high risk zone by insurers and floating mines remain a peril.

Yoruk Isik, head of the Bosphorus Observer consultancy, citing knowledge of the matter, told Reuters separately that the vessel was the Kafkametler and had sustained minor damage to a ballast tank but the crew was safe.

Kafkametler dropped anchor in the Danube channel close to the Ukrainian terminal of Vylkove, ship tracking on maritime analytics provider MarineTraffic showed at 2120 GMT on Thursday.

Since then, Ukraine has set up a temporary "humanitarian corridor" for cargo vessels, and several ships have left Ukrainian Black Sea ports since August.

Ambrey said on Thursday the incident occurred on the same day that the company "informed its clients of a likely additional sea mine deployment by the Russian navy conducted to frustrate Ukraine's grain exports".

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