More Bosphorus Trouble: Vessels Collide Near Northern Entrance – INCIDENT PHOTOS
Another incident to report as we speak involving ships in or close to Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait.
Turkish maritime authorities have confirmed that the tanker Paros Wind and the majority provider CS Jaden collided Monday night time at about 11:30 p.m. roughly 8 nautical miles from the northern entrance within the Bosphorus Strait.
Both vessels have been broken within the collision and assisted to an anchorage outdoors the strait.
The 38,000 DWT CS Jaden was loaded with wheat whereas the 17,000 DWT Paros Wind was carrying a cargo of gasoline oil when the collision occurred, based on the Turkish authorities.
Photos present injury to the bow of the tanker and on the port facet of the majority provider.
Both vessels have been at anchor off Türkeli within the Black Sea as of Friday, AIS knowledge confirmed.
The incident is the newest accident involving business ships within the Bosphorus Strait and larger Turkish straits space in simply the previous few months. Here’s the record of what’s been reported:
- June: A totally-laden Suezmax tanker was onerous aground close to Istanbul.
- June: Cruise ship with a whole bunch of passengers and a chemical tanker carrying flammable naphtha collided within the Dardanelles Strait, inflicting injury however no accidents.
- July: A basic cargo ship carrying fertilizer ran onerous aground in Dardanelles strait.
- July: A cargo ship smashed a home within the Bosphorus. Seriously.
- July: A Turkish-flagged cargo ship sank and one particular person died after colliding with freighter close to the Bosphorus Strait’s Black Sea entrance.
- August: A capesize coal provider lost power in Bosphorus, needed to be rescued.
- August: Bosphorus closed attributable to adrift basic cargo ship.
The Turkish straits – together with the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles – collectively join the Black Sea with the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas.
Photos courtesy Turkish General Directorate of Coast Safety
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