The Bosphorus is blocked by an oil tanker. This was reported by RIA News.
Peria waves the Liberian flag. Traffic in the strait is stopped in both directions until it is withdrawn. The length of the tanker is 250 meters. Two tugboats and a coast guard boat are trying to remove it. The tanker was heading from Istanbul to Izmir’s Aliağa port.
Before that the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation reportedHe said that there was no problem in the passage of Russian oil tankers through the Istanbul and Dardanelles Straits.
9 December General Directorate of Maritime Affairs statedIt was stated that ship traffic congestion occurred at the entrance of the Bosphorus due to the refusal of European insurance companies to issue insurance letters for the passage of oil tankers through the Bosphorus.
All oil tankers that cannot present an insurance certificate have been banned from passing through the Bosphorus as of December 1.
Previously on the Bosphorus broken A cargo ship bound for Russia.