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Thursday, September 1, 2022
Ship Carrying Ukrainian Corn Grounds in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait
Accidents

Ship Carrying Ukrainian Corn Grounds in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait

Update: The M/V Lady Zehma has been refloated and moved to an anchorage. Bosphorus Strait reopened to ship traffic -General Directorate of Coastal Safety A

September 1, 2022
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Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Turkey’s Sends New Drillship to Mediterranean
Offshore

Turkey’s Sends New Drillship to Mediterranean

ISTANBUL, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Turkey resumed its hydrocarbon drilling operations in the eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday after a two year hiatus, though

August 9, 2022
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Friday, June 10, 2022
Turkish navy frigate underway
Navy

Kremlin Says No Deal On Turkish Navy Escorts Of Grain Ships To Ukraine

by Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) The Kremlin said on Thursday that no agreement had been reached to sell grain from Ukraine to Turkey – which Ukraine says

June 10, 2022
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Mariupol port fire
Navy

Putin Says Ukraine Must De-Mine Grain Ports

Turkey, a NATO member, is in talks with the UN and Russia to provide Navy escorts for grain ships and Russia says Ukraine and the west must demine approaches

June 7, 2022
Total Views: 2558

Saturday, May 14, 2022
Turkish Ship Standing By To Aid In Sea Evacuation For Wounded Ukrainians
News

Turkish Ship Standing By To Aid In Sea Evacuation For Wounded Ukrainians

By Orhan Coskun, Jonathan Spicer and Can Sezer ISTANBUL, May 14 (Reuters) – NATO member Turkey has proposed carrying out a sea evacuation of wounded

May 14, 2022
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Saturday, April 16, 2022
Solaris, Russian superyacht linked to Russian oligarch Abramovich docks in Turkey's Yalikavak
Ports

Turkey Welcomes Russian Oligarch Yachts

by Yoruk Isik (Reuters) A yacht linked to Russian aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska arrived in a bay near the southwestern Turkish resort of Gocek on Saturday, as

April 16, 2022
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Friday, April 15, 2022
Russian Super-yacht Owner Oleg Deripaska
News

Oligarch Yacht AIS Warns ‘Armed Security Onboard’ As It Sails Towards The Black Sea

After successfully transiting the Suez and entering the Mediterranean the sanctioned Russian oligarch-owned superyacht Clio, transmitted the AIS message

April 15, 2022
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Saturday, March 26, 2022
Turkey Defuses Mine After Russia Warns of Strays from Ukraine Ports
News

Turkey Defuses Mine After Russia Warns of Strays from Ukraine Ports

By Yoruk Isik and Azra Ceylan RUMELIFENERI, Turkey, March 26 (Reuters) – Turkey’s military deactivated a mine on Saturday that had

March 26, 2022
Total Views: 3922

Monday, March 14, 2022
Blockade Of Ukraine – Did Turkey Put NATO Shipping At Risk?
Navy

Blockade Of Ukraine – Did Turkey Put NATO Shipping At Risk?

When Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Turkish President Erdogan to close off Russia’s access to the Black Sea he may have gotten more than he bargained for. By

March 14, 2022
Total Views: 12910

Sunday, March 6, 2022
Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group NATO
Navy

Here’s Why Navy Aircraft Carriers Can’t Help Ukraine

While most of the world is concerned with keeping Russian fighter jets out of NATO airspace, Russian warships have already incurred on NATO territorial waters.

March 6, 2022
Total Views: 72903

Monday, February 28, 2022
Russian Convoy Will Test Turkey And NATO
Navy

Russian Convoy Will Test Turkey And NATO

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jonathan Spicer (Reuters) – Turkey’s pledge to block some Russian warships from passing through its waters to the Black Sea

February 28, 2022
Total Views: 11123

Saturday, February 26, 2022
Turkey Did NOT Close The Bosphorus To Russian Ships
Navy

Turkey Did NOT Close The Bosphorus To Russian Ships

In the last hour several media outlets worldwide began reporting that Turkey closed the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits to Russian ships, but, Reuters is now

February 26, 2022
Total Views: 15105

Sunday, June 27, 2021
COSCO Containership in the Bosphorus Strait Turkey
Shipping News

Work Starts On Kanal Istanbul

By Daren Butler (Reuters) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday launched a $15 billion canal project intended to relieve pressure on the busy Bosphorus

June 27, 2021
Total Views: 4900

Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Turkish President Erdogan Vows to Begin Construction on Canal Istanbul
Shipping

Turkish President Erdogan Vows to Begin Construction on Canal Istanbul

By Selcan Hacaoglu (Bloomberg) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the construction of a multi-billion dollar canal, an alternative to

June 1, 2021
Total Views: 5251

Tuesday, April 6, 2021
COSCO Containership in the Bosphorus Strait Turkey
Navy

Turkey Arrests Retired Admirals Who Defended Maritime Accord

(Reuters) – Turkey detained 10 retired admirals for signing a statement supporting an 85-year-old maritime accord, and President Tayyip Erdogan said on

April 6, 2021
Total Views: 4760

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Tycoon’s Downfall Pushes Trapped Seafarers to Hunger Strike
Shipping

Tycoon’s Downfall Pushes Trapped Seafarers to Hunger Strike

By K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) — When Turkish police arrested shipping magnate Mübariz Mansimov Gurbano?lu at his Istanbul home one Sunday

February 17, 2021
Total Views: 8042

Sunday, October 25, 2020
urkish seismic research vessel Oruc Reis sails in the Bosphorus in Istanbul.REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo
Offshore

Turkey Continues Disputed Mediterranean Seismic Survey

by Daren Butler (Reuters) – Turkey said it was extending the seismic survey work of its Oruc Reis ship in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean

October 25, 2020
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
urkish seismic research vessel Oruc Reis sails in the Bosphorus in Istanbul.REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo
Shipping News

Tensions Flare as Turkey Again Sends Survey Ship to East Med

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday slammed Turkey’s renewed push to send a vessel to carry out seismic

October 13, 2020
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Friday, October 2, 2020
Cruise Ship Decommissioning
Cruise Ships

Cruise Ship Shipbreaking Booming in Turkey

By Bulent Usta ALIAGA, Turkey, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Business is booming at a sea dock in western Turkey, where five hulking cruise ships are being

October 2, 2020
Total Views: 2386

Friday, September 4, 2020
What Are The Most Dangerous Waters in the World Today?
Defense

What Are The Most Dangerous Waters in the World Today?

By Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg) As a Greek-American who lived in Athens for three years, and as a U.S. Navy mariner, I got to know the eastern

September 4, 2020
Total Views: 487