The Russian Consulate General in Istanbul confirmed that a male body found in the sea in Istanbul’s Besiktas district has been identified as Nikolai Svechnikov, a Russian swimmer who went missing in August 2025, during the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race.
Vessel traffic through the Bosphorus Strait has been temporarily suspended in both directions. Operations are expected to resume soon.
The search for Russian athlete Nikolay Svechnikov, who went missing during a swim across the Bosphorus, continues in Istanbul. The prosecutor’s office plans to examine all video recordings from the event.
The Turkish Coast Guard is searching for a Russian national who went missing during a mass swimming event across the Bosphorus in Istanbul.
More than 2,800 swimmers from 81 countries took part Sunday in the 37th Bosporus Cross-Continental Swimming Race, completing a 6.5-km course that links Asia to Europe across Istanbul’s iconic waterway.
Turkey increased the fee for vessels passing through the straits of Bosphorus and Dardanelles by 15% beginning on July 1 within the framework of its annual review process. Earlier, Turkish Transportation Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu …
The Bosphorus Strait was temporarily closed for ship traffic today due to a tanker engine failure. The passage of ships through the …
Turkish rescue services brought afloat the Alexis bulk carrier that grounded in the Bosphorus Strait on May 7 due to an engine failure, the Directorate-General of Coastal Safety reported.
Movement of vessels has been suspended in the Bosporus Strait. Vessel traffic in the Bosphorus Strait is temporarily blocked in both …
The ship traffic in the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul was temporarily halted in both directions, the Turkish Coast Guard Command reported. The …
Ship traffic in Turkey's Bosphorus Strait resumed for northbound vessel, after a suspension due to an anchor failure on one ship, a coast guard source said. Coast guard tugs towed the Liberian-flagged vessel to a nearby pier, …
The vessel traffic in the Bosphorus Strait has been suspended due to adverse weather, the Turkey’s coast guard command said. …
A huge cargo ship blocked the Bosphorus Strait for several hours. The ship has now been towed to a pier in the south of the strait near the Sea of Marmara.
The ship traffic in the Bosphorus Strait has been partly halted on August 23 morning due to an engine of a vessel entering it, the TV-100 television channel reports. According to Tribeca Shipping, the engine failed on an oil …
Türkiye has increased the transit fee it charges commercial ships to use the Istanbul and Çanakkale Straits, in accordance with the rights granted to it by the Montreux Convention, Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister …
The cargo ship MKK 1, travelling from Ukraine to Turkey, was grounded in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait on Monday and traffic in the strait was suspended for a few hours, shipping agents Tribeca said. Several tugs were among vessels …
The cargo ship MKK 1, travelling from Ukraine to Turkey, was grounded in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait on Monday and traffic in the strait was suspended but no damage was reported, shipping agents Tribeca said. Several tugs were among …
Navigation in both directions in the Bosphorus Strait, which divides Istanbul into European and Asian parts, has been suspended due to heavy fog, the Turkish Coast Guard said today. "The movement of ships in the strait in both …
A backlog of tankers waiting to haul oil through Turkey’s vital shipping straits appeared to start clearing, Bloomberg reported. One shipping official with knowledge of the situation said that previously blocked tankers are now …
The Turkish Ministry of Transport did not confirm information about large oil tankers traffic jams near the Bosphorus. "There are not 100 tankers near the Bosphorus now, as a number of foreign media claim, but 15, 11 …
