Disaster returned in Bosphorus! The Liberian national LADY ZEHMA, 173 meters long, 5 warehouse cargo ship, whose rudder was locked, was able to stop 40 meters from the Bebek coast. There were no casualties, injuries or property damage in the accident. As a result of the studies, the cargo ship was rescued by the teams of the General Directorate of Coastal Safety. The Bosphorus has been reopened to ship traffic.
In the Bosphorus, the 173-meter-long cargo ship Lady Zehma, whose rudder was locked while coming from Ukraine to Istanbul, ran aground 40 meters from Bebek Beach. While the teams of the General Directorate of Coastal Safety Rescue Tugs and Boats and the Coast Guard Command continue their rescue efforts, the Bosphorus has been temporarily suspended from traffic. While the ship was being rescued after 4 hours of work, it was towed to the shores of Ahırkapı.
The 173-meter-long, 29-meter-wide cargo ship Lady Zehma, which came to Istanbul from Ukraine, got stuck at its rudder while it was passing through the Bosphorus at around 21.00. The captain of the ship, which started to drift by sounding the siren, tried to stop by throwing an anchor. The ship, which turned over and continued to drift towards the excursion boats on the coast, crashed into Bebek Lighthouse. The ship ran aground 40 meters from the shore.
After the accident that caused great panic, the Coast Guard General Directorate Rescue Tug and Boats and the Coast Guard Command teams were dispatched to the scene. Bosphorus traffic has been temporarily suspended while the rescue efforts of the teams continue.
As the cargo ship, whose rudder was locked, approached the shore with siren sounds, the citizens watching from the beach watched the event holding their breath.
Erol Hizarcı, one of the cruise boat captains, stated that they experienced panic when the ship started to drift and said, “The ship started to sound a siren off Kandilli. Lights were coming from the starboard anchor, I guess they were trying to cut something with the source. There was a sound like ‘thump’, I guess they cut the chain of that anchor. He turned towards him. So I shouted to my friends, ‘run away.’ stopped,” he said.
İsmail Hünük, an employee of the excursion boat, said, “We were sitting with friends, he started anchoring ahead. Normally straight-going ship, lock the rudder, turned this way. At that time, I informed the captain and friends. The biggest tugboat of the Coastal Safety ‘Nene Hatun’ is getting ready to tow the ship.”
A citizen, who watched the cargo ship approaching the shore in fear, expressed his fear after the ship stopped at the last moment, saying, “We have alms given”…
The Governorship of Istanbul and the General Directorate of Coastal Safety made a statement about the accident on their social media accounts. In the statement made by the Governor’s Office, “The 173-meter-long cargo ship named LADY ZEHMA of Liberia, which had a rudder failure in the Bosphorus while cruising from Ukraine to Istanbul, ran aground at around 21.00 today and anchored in Bebek Bay. Rescue Tugs and Boats and Coast Guard Command teams were immediately dispatched to the scene of the incident. In the first investigations, the Bosphorus traffic was temporarily suspended due to the incident, which did not include any injuries, loss of life or environmental pollution.
In the statement made by the General Directorate of Coastal Safety, it was stated that the ship named “Lady Zehma” ran aground due to a rudder failure while cruising from Ukraine to Istanbul and anchored in Bebek Bay.
In the statement, “Our Rescue-5, Rescue-6, Rescue-9, Rescue-12, Nazım Tur tugs, KEGM-3, KEGM-5 boats were dispatched to the scene for the 173-meter-long cargo ship named Lady Zehma. Ship traffic in the Bosphorus was suspended. receipt.” statements were included.
The Liberian-flagged cargo ship “Lady Zehma”, which ran aground due to a rudder failure while cruising from Ukraine to Istanbul, was rescued by the General Directorate of Coastal Safety teams.
Rescue-5, Rescue-6, Rescue-9, Rescue-12, Nazım Tur tugs and KEGM-3 and KEGM-5 boats were dispatched to the scene for the 173-meter-long ship in Bebek Bay.
Rescue teams of the General Directorate of Coastal Safety went aboard the cargo ship and made an examination. Divers worked on the surface and bottom of the sea. Officers of the Coast Guard Command also supported the work of the Coast Guard teams.
The ship, which was rescued as a result of the studies, was taken to Ahırkapı with tugboats.
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