Kapitan Shyriagin

On August 18, the 142.5 meter long, 6258 dwt cargo vessel Kapitan Shyriagin (IMO: 9137234) became disabled in the Çanakkale Strait off Kilitbahir, Turkey. The Kapitan Shyriagin was headed to Yalova from Mersin when it suffered a mechanical breakdown causing the vessel to go adrift. Turkish authorities were alerted with the KEGM dispatching the tugboats 497 gt Kurtarma 17 (IMO: 9942990) and 34…