A cargo ship carrying 3,307 tons of corn from Ukraine was towed to an anchorage in Istanbul on Friday after it briefly ran aground.
"European Truth" writes about this, Reuters reports.
Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber reported that traffic in the Bosphorus strait had resumed after it was halted due to the 173-metre Lady Zehma running aground due to a rudder malfunction.
The Tribeca Shipping Agency said the Lady Zehma's towing and rescue operation began late Thursday, and the vessel dropped anchor in the area of the Bosphorus' southern anchorage overnight Friday.
As reported in the office of the governor of Istanbul, no one was injured in the incident. According to eyewitnesses and Refinitiv Eikon, the bow of the vessel was about 150 meters from the shore in the busy Bebek area when it ran aground.
The Istanbul Joint Coordination Center (JCC), which oversees the deal and includes representatives from the UN, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey, told Reuters that the ship had "run aground while passing through the strait" and the Turkish side had launched an emergency operation.
Earlier this week, the JCC reported that the Lady Zehma had received permission to depart from the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to Ravenna, Italy with 3,000 tons of corn.
As of Wednesday, within the framework of the agreement with Ukraine, about 1.55 million tons of grain and other foodstuffs were exported, and 139 inbound and outbound flights were made.
Such incidents are rare in the picturesque Bosphorus Strait, which divides Turkey's largest city and connects the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea and then to the Mediterranean Sea.
