Bulk carrier, LADY AYANA (IMO: 9196395) ran aground at Bakirkoy anchorage, Turkey on 28 June 2024. The vessel is currently reported to be at anchor at the anchorage and is being attended to by Coastal Safety tugs. Transporting wheat from Russia to Tunisia ran aground off the coast of Istanbul in the Marmara Sea
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. It is possible that General Average / Salvage and associated recovery issues may arise as a result of this casualty.
The vessel is en route to TUNISIA, and expected to arrive there on Jul 5, 22:00. The vessel LADY AYANA (, MMSI 314681000) is a Bulk Carrier built in 1999 (25 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Barbados.
