Casualties – Turkish Cargo Ship KAFKAMETLER confirmed sunk – November 2023
After last Monday 20th November we issued an article regarding the Turkish 1988 built cargo ship KAFKAMETLER with 12 crew members on board missing , now it’s confirmed that the vessel sunk of which local media reported that the body of a deceased individual was found washed ashore near Eregli later on Monday. Turkish Authorities have […]
Naval News – Russian Navy warships denied entry into the Black Sea – November 2022
Russian Pacific Fleet’s warships had been waiting for Turkey’s permission to cross the Bosporus into the Black Sea since early February, but Ankara never allowed them to enter. According to Andriy Klymenko, head of the Monitoring Group of the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Black Sea and editor-in-chief of the BlackSeaNews portal, the warships have been […]
Pipe Laying – CASTORONE at Sakarya Gas Field – July 2022
Sakarya gas field, which is operated by Turkish Petroleum, is claimed to be the largest discovery in the Black Sea. It is located within the 7,000km² block AR/TPO/KD/C26-C27-D26-D27 in the ultra-deep waters in the western Black Sea, approximately 175km offshore Eregli, Turkey. In November 2021 it was announced that the Italian oilfield services company Saipem […]
Casualties – Turkish Cargo Ship GOKBEL sinks – 28.12.2014
On the morning of Sunday 28th December, 2014 around 0830 hrs the 2011 built Turkish general cargo ship GOKBEL with 11 crew collided with the 1991 built general cargo ship LADY AZIZA and sank in poor visibility just a mile from the Italian Adriatic port of Ravenna. Guardia Costiera (Italian Coast Guard) Capitano Di Vascello […]
