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Bosphorus Strait maritime traffic halted after ship engine failure

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The Tribeca Shipping Agency Inc. said that maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey was suspended on May 7 after the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Alexis sustained an engine breakdown while at the southern end of the crucial waterway, Marine Insight reported citing Reuters. The ship, which was destined for Egypt from Ukraine, ran aground near the Haydarpasa barrier on Istanbul’s Asian shoreline of the Bosphorus Strait.

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