Tanker Engine Failure Shuts Bosphorus Straight Traffic

December 26, 2024

Copyright milanchikov/AdobeStock
Copyright milanchikov/AdobeStock

Traffic was suspended in Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Thursday after a tanker had an engine failure during northbound transit through the strait that runs through Istanbul, shipping agent Tribeca and the Transport Ministry said.

Tribeca said that the Panama-flagged tanker Cordelia Moon with Russia destination suffered an engine failure around Yenikoy area and that an assistance vessel was sent to the scene.

(Reuters)

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