Video: RoRo drifts into grounded freighter
Vessels collide off Istanbul — neither under command.
By Marc Allen
A Turkish ro-ro collided with a grounded freighter in Istanbul’s Kartal port district on Wednesday, reports Turkey’s Directorate General of Coastal Safety.
The freighter Boras went aground next to Kartal’s Kumcular Pier in March. She was hit after the ro-ro Hasan Sisik lost her anchor in high winds, drifting towards shallow water.
The fast rescue boat Kiyem-3 and the tug Kurtama-2 were dispatched to the scene to assist. Rescue boats were also sent to assist another vessel, the April , which also dragged her anchor and drifted towards shore.
Footage from the scene shows both ships surrounded by marine algal mucilage, which has plagued Turkish waters since the beginning of the year.
Kartal sahil bölgesinde demirli bulunan HASAN ŞİŞİK isimli Ro Ro gemisinin halatını kopararak başka bir gemiye yaslanması üzerine KURTARMA-2 Römorkörümüz ve KIYEM-3 hızlı tahlisiye botumuz ivedilikle olay bölgesine gönderildi. @UABakanligi @selimdursun06 pic.twitter.com/hvG0WDDpnY
