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GIANT CARGO SHIP PASSES THROUGH ISTANBUL STRAIT
ISTANBUL - A 315-meter long cargo ship, navigating from the Sea of Marmara to Black Sea, passed through Istanbul Strait (Bosphorus) safely on Thursday.
02.09.2010 - Update : 02.09.2010
V. Kerkis, a Bahama-flagged ship, is on its way to Ukraine to carry iron to China from this country.
The giant cargo ship entered the strait, one of world's busiest waterways, at 10:00 a.m. Turkish local time and completed its transit from the strait in around two hours.
Turkey's largest tugboats escorted the ship during its transit through the strait.
V. Kerkis, which has 21 crew members, will be back at the Istanbul Strait after 25 days, this time fully loaded, officials said.
V. Kerkis was built in 1982. It is a 208,952 DWT ship. Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Please contact us for subscription options.
The giant cargo ship entered the strait, one of world's busiest waterways, at 10:00 a.m. Turkish local time and completed its transit from the strait in around two hours.
Turkey's largest tugboats escorted the ship during its transit through the strait.
V. Kerkis, which has 21 crew members, will be back at the Istanbul Strait after 25 days, this time fully loaded, officials said.
V. Kerkis was built in 1982. It is a 208,952 DWT ship. Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Please contact us for subscription options.
 safely on Thursday.
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