Ship from Ukraine runs aground in Bosphorus Strait, halting sea traffic temporarily

STORY: Ship from Ukraine runs aground in Bosphorus Strait, halting sea traffic temporarily DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a dry cargo ship stranded in the Bosphorus in Türkiye 2. various of Istanbul city in Türkiye STORYLINE: A freighter ran aground in Istanbul's northern district of Beykoz early Monday morning, temporarily halting all passage through the Bosphorus Strait. The 142-meter Palau-flagged cargo ship, named MKK-1, was traveling from Ukraine to Istanbul when it suffered a rudder malfunction while sailing in the strait, reported the Istanbul Governor's office. Vessels from the Directorate General of Coastal Safety, tugboats and scuba teams have been dispatched to the site of the accident. Passage through the strait was recently augmented with grain shipment from Ukraine as part of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, signed in July last year. According to Turkish Defense Ministry statistics, 643 ships carrying 17.25 milli