A crude lipid tanker successful the Black Sea adjacent the Bosphorus Strait was reportedly struck by a naval drone, according to Turkish authorities, causing the vas to suffer power and necessitate towing.
Data from MarineTraffic indicates that the tanker—identified arsenic Altura and flying the Sierra Leone flag—was deed adjacent Istanbul’s Bosphorus. The vas had departed Novorossiysk, Russia, connected March 22 and was en way to Istanbul.
According to the vas tracking platform, the 274-metre-long tanker began drifting astatine 15:50 UTC connected March 25. A towing cognition commenced aboriginal that time astatine 23:17 UTC.
At 00:30 UTC connected March 26, the ship’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) presumption was recorded arsenic “Not Under Command,” indicating it was incapable to manoeuvre normally.
The tanker is presently moving astatine astir 0.2 knots, with a recorded draught of 15.9 meters, suggesting it is carrying cargo.
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