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Maritime traffic on Bosporus comes to halt due to stuck cargo ship

Maritime traffic on Bosporus comes to halt due to stuck cargo ship

Maritime site visitors on Istanbul’s Bosporus has been suspended as a result of a stranded cargo ship that was touring to Istanbul from Ukraine.

A press release launched by the General Directorate of Coastal Safety mentioned, “A 142-meter-long bulk carrier named MKK-1 ran aground in Umuryeri while sailing from Ukraine to Istanbul. Our specialist rescue ships, the Nene Hatun ship, the Rescue 5, 8 and 9 tug boats, along with a KEGM-8 boat were promptly dispatched to the scene.”

It was famous that rescue work for MKK-1 was underway and that the ship ran aground in entrance of Beykoz Anadolu Kavağı as a result of a rudder failure at round 7:30 a.m. native time.

No lack of life, harm or environmental air pollution was reported within the incident.

Bosporus site visitors was briefly suspended in each instructions because of the incident.

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