VESSEL NAMED MAJED AND RANDY COLLIDED TO A WATERSIDE RESIDENCE

ON 21.07.2015 AT ABOUT 12:54 P.M. 106 METER LONG SIERRA LEONE FLAGGED VESSEL NAMED MAJED AND RANDY HAS COLLIDED TO A WATERSIDE RESIDENCE IN FRONT OF KANLICA BY DRIFTING DUE TO A RUDDER FAILURE WHILE PASSING THROUGH ISTANBUL STRAIT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION. AFTERWARDS VESSEL ANCHORED UNDER THE FATIH SULTAN MEHMET BRIDGE.

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SAFETY OF NAVIGATION, LIFE, PROPERTY AND PROTECT ENVIROMENT, KURTARMA 3 TUGBOAT AND KIYI EMNIYETI 8 SAR BOAT HAVE BEEN IMMEDIATELY SENT TO THE PLACE OF INCIDENT BY THE ISTANBUL VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES.

DAMAGE HAS BEN OCCURRED AT BOTH THE RESIDENCE AND THE VESSEL, NO POLLUTION OR LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED.

AT 13:52 P.M. VESSEL NAMED MAJED AND RANDY WAS MOVED TO BE ANCORED AT BÜYÜKDERE BY THE ESCORT OF OUR KURTARMA 3 AND A PILOT.

AT 15:00 P.M. CASUALITY VESSEL WAS ANCHORED TO BÜYÜKDERE.