At around 0250 LT Jan 05 bulk carrier Ocean Breeze suffered engine failure, while transiting Dardanelles Straits, in Canakkale / Karanlik Liman area.
At around 0250 LT Jan 05 bulk carrier Ocean Breeze suffered engine failure, while transiting Dardanelles Straits, in Canakkale / Karanlik Liman area.
Tug was sent to distressed vessel, at 0700 towage contract was signed for towing Ocean Breeze to unnamed port for repairs. Bulk carrier was in ballast, en route from Nemrut to Tuapse, Black sea.
Bulk carrier Ocean Breeze IMO 7518800, dwt 12048, built 1975, flag Comoros, manager Ofra Shipping Ltd., Sevastopol, Ukraine.
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