VESSEL NAMED “EL CONDOR PAS” WHICH RUN AGROUND AT ISTANBUL STRAIT HAS BEEN REFLOATED 

On 09.09.2015, 177-meter-long Panama flagged bulk carrier vessel named “EL CONDOR PAS” loaded with 20.157 GRT iron run aground at site of Umuryeri due to rotating early despite being warned by the Istanbul Vessel Traffic Services while passing through Istanbul Strait from South to North direction without taking a pilot .

A SAR boat and Kurtarma-10 tugboat which belong to our organization have been immediately sent to the place of incident. No fuel or oil leakage reported.

Upon achieving no result by the salvage operation performed by her own means, a required salvage operation has been started by our Organization.

As a result of the salvage operation, on 13.09.2015 at 09.25 a.m. vessel named “EL CONDOR PAS” has been refloated.