The oil tanker from Russia, which caused transportation traffic to stop for hours in the Bosphorus, was successfully towed. This was reported based on a source at the Coast Guard Headquarters. RIA News.
According to the agency’s interlocutor, the Peria tanker was towed to the Küçükçekmece pier in Istanbul.
Thus, after an interruption that lasted approximately 14 hours, the passage of ships through the Bosphorus was restarted.
Previously reportedIt was stated that the Liberian-flagged tanker Peria blocked two-way traffic in the Bosphorus.
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 St. in St. Petersburg collided two ships.