Turkey's Bosphorus traffic suspended after carrier engine failure

Traffic was suspended in Turkey's Bosphorus on Tuesday after a bulk carrier had an engine failure at the southern end of the straits that run through Istanbul, shipping agent Tribeca said.

It said that the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Alexis suffered the engine failure at 5 am (0200 GMT) and that vessels were sent to the area for a likely salvage operation.

Reuters