DRY CARGO VESSEL NAMED “NORTH STAR” HAS BEEN SALVED 

On 24.06.2015 Moldava flagged dry cargo vessel named NORTH STAR which was navigating from Marmara Island to Port Stavros - Greece declared at 08:37 a.m that she has run aground while anchoring at South of Bozcaada.

Following the incident, Our Kıyı Emniyeti 9 SAR boat was immediately sent to the place of incident.

Bozcaada Harbour Master has given 72 hours to the grounded vessel to carry out the salvage operations by her own means. 

Upon North Star’s salvage efforts performed by her own efforts obtained no result, TURKS 2015 Salvage Agreement was signed between captaincy of our Söndüren 7 tugboat and the captaincy of North Star on 26.06.2015 at 08.00 a.m. and subsequently a salvage operation was started.   

As a result of the salvage services, vessel named North Star was refloated and secured at 10:00 a.m.