A freighter from Ukraine carrying 13,000 tons of beans that ran aground in Türkiye‘s Bosphorus Strait has been freed, Turkish coastal authorities mentioned on Monday.
The 142-metre-long freighter MKK-1 was refloated and is now anchored on the strait’s shore, the Turkish General Directorate of Coastal Safety tweeted.
The strait between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean was briefly closed as a result of grounding.
The incident occurred at Umuryeri, between the second and third bridges over the Bosphorus.
The cargo ship was travelling below the phrases of a world grain deal for Ukrainian exports, and was crusing below the flag of the island state of Palau.
Since summer season, Ukrainian grain has been exported through the Black Sea and the Bosphorus Strait. The deal ended a months-long blockade of Ukrainian grain exports because of the Russian conflict in Ukraine.
