24 May 2019 / Dardanelles, Turkey

Revised traffic suspension periods

Due to a technical issue during the sinking of the caissons for Canakkale Bridge, vessel traffic in the Dardanelles will not resume, as planned, at 19:00 hours local time today (24 May), but at 06:00 hours local time tomorrow morning (Saturday 25 May).

From at 06:00 tomorrow until 10:00 on Monday 27 May, vessel traffic will be shifted to one way traffic instead of both ways. Thereafter, traffic will resume in both directions.

For information about operations in the Turkish Straits, contact GAC Istanbul at [email protected]

If quoting any content from Hot Port News, please cite GAC Hot Port News as the source.

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