The Bosphorus Bridge

The Bosphorus Strait was closed to vessel traffic as a Russian-flagged cargo ship crashed against a construction pontoon in the Turkish city of Istanbul late on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reports.

Maritime officials were quoted as saying that “Volgodon 213″, which tried to pass the north-south route in Istanbul Strait without a maritime pilot hit the pontoon Tuesday night.

The Istanbul Strait was closed to vessel traffic in both ways.

The Russian ship was seriously damaged. Later it was dragged to the local anchorage for damage appraisal.

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