Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has confirmed that a local maritime pilot died as a result of a vessel boarding accident that occurred in the Bosphorus Strait on Sunday, February 4. The victim, identified as maritime pilot Oguz Kok, was attempting to board the Cook...
New Turkish insurance rules on oil tankers carrying Russian crude continue to slow down the movement of tankers off the coast of Turkey and between Russia’s Black Sea ports and the Mediterranean, says an article published on Cncb.
Insurance clearanceSixteen vessels (none Russian-flagged) are waiting for insurance clearance, according to MarineTraffic, and that number is expected to grow.
Russian-flagged tankers
Based on MarineTraffic data, 35 vessels including nine...
https://mfame.guru/russian-oil-price-cap-cause-tanker-bottleneck/
Turkish officials have confirmed that two people were killed while a third suffered injuries after their fishing boat was struck by a foreign-flagged commercial vessel in ..
Two general cargo ships were troubled with a nearly 3 hours interval in Bosphorus, early in the morning Oct 3, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What is the reason?Steering failure
VARNAVA suffered steering failure and started to drift in the Beykoz area at around 0040 UTC Oct 3.
She was towed by tugs to Byyukdere anchorage, Bosphorus. As of 0630 UTC Oct 4, she remained at anchor. The ship was transiting Bosphorus in the northern direction.
Engine failureNEW LEO suffered reportedly an engine failure, at...
https://mfame.guru/two-general-cargo-ships-troubled-by-mechanical-failures/
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Vessel traffic at Bosphorus will be suspended from 12:00 to 16:00 hours local time on 29 August 2020 due to yacht race (Tayk Olympos Cup).
For information about operations in...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/08/26/hot-port-nrws-from-gac/
Songa Iridium, a ship that ran aground in the Bosphorus Strait on December 27, is now fully operational.
Turkish coast guard evacuated the crew from cargo vessel Natalia, after it grounded off Istanbul on December 19.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/267163/turkey-evacuates-crew-from-grounded-cargo-ship/