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Fog shuts down traffic on Turkey’s Bosporus Strait
Vessel passage on Bosporus suspended due to low visibility, say officials
Ilyas Kacar |
18.01.2021 - Update : 18.01.2021
ISTANBUL
Heavy fog led to a shutdown of vessel traffic late Sunday in Turkey’s Bosporus Strait, said Turkish officials.
Marine traffic in the Bosporus has been suspended as visibility is below a half mile, the Istanbul Port Directorate of the Transport and Infrastructure Ministry said in a statement.
All vessel passages from two directions were suspended as of 10:15 p.m. local time (0715GMT).
*Writing by Havva Kara Aydin
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