Grain Ship From Ukraine Drifts Aground In Istanbul
Date
9/3/2022 12:06:58 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Trend
A cargo ship carrying over 3,000 tons of corn from Ukraine
drifted aground in Istanbul on Thursday, stopping traffic on the
Bosporus in the first such incident since an export deal was
brokered by the United Nations and Ankara in July, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah .
The Istanbul governor's office and a shipping firm said the
173-meter (567-foot) Lady Zehma was safely grounded and anchored
after a rudder failure around 9 p.m. local time.
No one was hurt and coast guards were attending, the office
said. Its bow was about 150 meters from shore in the busy Bebek
neighborhood, according to a witness and Refinitiv Eikon data.
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