A dry
cargo ship transporting wheat from Russia to Tunisia ran aground off the coast
of Istanbul in the Marmara Sea on June 28, 2024. According to reports from the Demiroren news agency, the vessel known
as the “Lady Ayana” anchored off the Bakirkoy region on Istanbul’s European
side before running aground.
The
169-meter-long ship has crossed the Bosphorus Strait from the Black Sea to the
Marmara Sea and was scheduled to continue its journey to the Aegean Sea and
then the Mediterranean Sea.
The cause of the grounding is yet to
be known.
The
Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure’s Coastal Safety Directorate
responded by launching rescue operations.