The Bosphorus Strait is blocked due to the breakdown of a tanker traveling from Russia
Kyiv • UNN
The transit of ships through the Bosphorus has been suspended due to a malfunction of the Sredina tanker, which was heading from Novorossiysk. The vessel with a broken engine blocked the northern entrance to the strait, and tugs were sent to it.
The transit of ships through the Bosphorus Strait has been suspended in both directions due to a malfunction of the 171-meter oil tanker Sredina. According to the Marine Traffic service, the vessel was heading from Novorossiysk to Benghazi, Libya, UNN reports .
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The Turkish Coast Guard announced the temporary suspension of the passage through the strait on social media platform X. The agency claims that the vessel was heading from Romania to Libya. The Panamanian-flagged tanker has a faulty engine. The breakdown occurred near the northern entrance to the Bosphorus Strait. Tugs have been sent to the vessel.