11 Mar 2019 / Türkiye
The Maltese Flag, MT Baltic Soul, reported sparking from the funnel of ship when transiting from north to south through the Bosphorus Strait. The subject vessel dropped its anchor in the Buyukdere Bay inside of the strait at 06:53hrs local time.
Once the failure was fixed on board, MT Baltic Soul moved from the anchorage in Buyukdere Bay at 10:30hrs in line with the Istanbul VTS instruction and dropped its anchor again in the northern anchorage of Bosphorus at 12:35hrs local time.
This vessel will have to wait for further inspection and clearance by their classfication society in order to continue for SB transit through the Bosphorus.
Meanwhile, the vessel traffic at the Bosphorus is not affected by this incident and remains opened.
For information about operations in the Turkish Straits, contact GAC Istanbul at [email protected].
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