Bulgaria Ship Stuck in Bosphorus near Istanbul

An operation for getting the dry carrier out of the shallow has already started. File photo

The Bulgarian dry bulk carrier, "LJ", has got stuck Thursday in the shallows of the Bosphorus strait 50 meters away from Turkey's capital, Istanbul.

The ship sales under Saint Vincent's flag, BGNES reported.

None of the crew members are seriously injured, head of the Maritime Administration-Burgas, Captain Zhivko Petrov, informed.

An operation for getting the dry carrier out of the shallows has already started.

 

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