file photo Bulk carrier TOLUNAY sunk in collision Turkish CG boat, Bosphorus
Aug. 17, 2016 at 15:12 by Mikhail Voytenko
Bulk carrier TOLUNAY collided with Tuekish Coast Guard boat SG-25 in Bosphorus, at around 0800 LT Aug 17, while proceeding in northern direction.
SG-25 capsized, there reportedly, 7 crew on board. 6 were rescued, 3 of them injured, in critical condition, 1 crew remains missing. SG-25 sank, understood with bow part above the water. TOLUNAY was brought to anchor at Buyukdere, Bosphorus, for investiogation. Vessel is en route from Casablanca Morocco to Odessa Ukraine. On a photo sinking SG-25.
By MarEx 2016-08-17 04:36:35
Traffic in Turkey's Bosphorus Strait, a key international shipping lane for oil and grain, was suspended on Wednesday after a bulk carrier collided with a coast guard boat, shipping agent GAC said on Wednesday.
Six people were rescued and taken to hospital, a spokesman at the office of the Istanbul governor said.
The Coast Guard in Istanbul said it was unable to provide information on the accident.
The collision occurred at 8:40 a.m. (0540 GMT) at the southern end of the strait, forcing the capsize of the coast guard vessel, GAC said.
GAC identified the cargo ship as the M/V Tolunay, a Cook Island-flagged bulk carrier headed north to the Black Sea.
On Tuesday, the general cargo ship Volodimyr Sharkov suffered steering gear failure in the Bosphorus Strait. The vessel was entering the strait from Marmara Sea en route to Port of Kherson in Ukraine, when one of the rudder pumps blocked and the ship lost steering. There were no injured people and no pollution, and traffic in the strait was not affected.
Also on Tuesday, the bulk carrier Ephesus III collided with the anchored bulker Alexandros Theo at outer Istanbul anchorage. The accident happened after the Ephesus III passed through the Bosphorus Strait in southern direction. The ship maneuvered to leave separation scheme, but due to technical problem collided with anchored bulker. The collision happened at slow speed, and both vessels suffered slight damage, without underwater breaches or water ingress.
More than three percent of the global crude supply - mainly from Russia and the Caspian Sea - pass through the 17-mile Bosphorus that connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.