Bosphorus Strait Temporarily Closed Due To Tanker Breakdown
Date
8/26/2024 1:06:53 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU. Azerbaijan. August 26. An engine
malfunction was detected on the vessel, Trend reports.
The passage of ships through the Bosphorus Strait has been
temporarily stopped in both directions due to a breakdown of the
171-meter oil tanker "Sredina" under the Panama flag.
"The 171-meter-long tanker developed an engine malfunction at
the northern entrance to the Bosphorus Strait while it was
traveling from Romania to Libya. Tugboats were immediately sent to
the vessel," the department reported on its X page.
Meanwhile, the Marinetraffic ship monitoring service indicates
that the tanker was traveling to Benghazi from the Russian port of
Novorossiysk. At the same time, the Vesselfinder website indicates
that "Sredina" arrived at the Bosphorus from the western part of
the Black Sea from Bulgaria.
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