Turkey has temporarily suspended the transit of ships through the Bosphorus Strait after a cargo boat that was traveling from Ukraine with 13,000 tons of peas ran aground in the Bosphorus Strait, dpa and Reuters reported, citing Agerpres.

According to Turkish authorities, traffic through the strait, which connects the Black Sea with the Mediterranean, was temporarily suspended, but there was no damage.

The Joint Coordination Center (JCC), which controls the export of grain from Ukraine, announced at the weekend that the ship, which left the port of Pivdenny, was heading to the Turkish port of Mersin.

The cargo, registered under the flag of the state of Palau, was in Akarburnu on Monday, in the northern part of the strait, according to the shipping agency Tribeca.

The governor’s office in Istanbul said the vessel ran aground near the Beykoz district in the morning due to a steering problem.

Ukraine exports grain through the Bosphorus

Ukraine has resumed exporting agricultural products by sea since July last year following an international agreement to end the Russian blockade of its ports.

In late October, Russia announced it was suspending its participation in the deal due to Ukraine’s attacks on its fleet anchored in Sevastopol, but reversed that decision a few days later, saying it had received “sufficient guarantees” from Kyiv.

The Bosphorus strait is one of the most important in the world, it connects the Black Sea with the Dardanelles strait, through which ships then enter the Aegean Sea, and from there – the Mediterranean.

Another cargo transporting grain from Ukraine to China sank a week ago in the Suez Canal, where the authorities managed to lower it.

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