STANBUL, April 27 (Reuters) - A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast on Thursday after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock and all 78 personnel on board the navy ship were evacuated, Turkish officials said. The rescued crew members of the Russian ship Liman were in good health after the collision with the Togo-flagged Youzarsif H, Turkey's … [Read more...]
WATCH: Close Call in Bosphorus Strait – Containership Nearly Hits Land During Snowstorm
https://youtu.be/XpRkgMUoFdk Check out this video sent into us showing a close call in Turkey's Bosphorus Strait. The video was filmed Saturday near the Tarabya Hotel, which sits on a point overlooking the busy Bosphorus Strait. At one point the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits were closed Saturday to shipping traffic due to poor visibility as a snowstorm blew … [Read more...]
Russian Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Istanbul
STANBUL, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Heavy winds forced a Russian ship to run aground off the coast of Istanbul on Friday, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported. It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured, although footage from Dogan showed men sitting in a lifeboat on the deck of the ship, waiting to be brought down while rescue workers gathered nearby at the coast. The ship … [Read more...]
Traffic Suspended in Bosphorus Strait Due to Ship Collision
Ship traffic in the Bosphorus strait was halted for about an hour Monday after a bulk carrier collided with a roll-on/roll-off vessel around the Anadolu Hirasi area near Istanbul, GAC shipping agency reported Tuesday. The accident occurred just after 2 p.m. and involved the Maltese-flagged bulk carrier Sid Capri and the Grimaldi Lines Ro-Ro Grande … [Read more...]
Three Turkish Coast Guard Killed in Ship Collision in Bosphorus Strait
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three Turkish Coast Guard personnel were killed on Wednesday after their vessel collided with a bulk carrier in the Bosphorus strait, forcing officials to temporarily suspend traffic in the busy shipping lane. Their vessel capsized after colliding with the Tolunay, a Cook Island-flagged bulk carrier, which was sailing toward the Black Sea, shipping … [Read more...]
WATCH: Cargo Ship Hits Villa in Bosphorus Strait
Some new video has emerged showing the moment a cargo ship slammed into a villa in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait. As we reported last year, the incident occurred July 21, 2015 when the 106m Sierra Leone-flagged Majed and Randy ran into the villa near Istanbul’s Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge after experiencing a rudder malfunction. Luckily there were no injuries … [Read more...]
Med-Black Sea Tanker Rates Weaken After Failed Coup in Turkey
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - The cost of shipping oil through the Black Sea and Mediterranean fell on Monday after a failed coup in Turkey over the weekend and shipping sources said there were no disruptions through Istanbul's vital Bosphorus Strait. More than 290 people were killed and around 1,400 wounded in the violence on Friday night, as soldiers … [Read more...]