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Bosphorus traffic halted due to ship engine failure: agent
Bosphorus traffic halted due to ship engine failure: agent
ISTANBUL, May 7 (Reuters) – Traffic was suspended in Turkey’s Bosphorus on Tuesday after a bulk carrier had an engine failure at the southern end of the straits that run through Istanbul, shipping agent Tribeca said.
It said that the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Alexis suffered the engine failure at 5 a.m. (0200 GMT) and that vessels were sent to the area for a likely salvage operation.
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