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Bulk carrier investigated in connection with damage to submarine cables
In connection with the damage to two submarine cables in the Baltic Sea, also the "Fortune Express" was searched for two and a half hours on t Nov 19, 2024, in the Kiel lock to the Kiel Canal, en route from St. Petersburg, Russia, to La Rochelle. The ship entered the lock at 4.40 p.m. UTC. The officials allowed it to continue after the search at around 7.10 p.m. .Apparently this ship had also ben carrying out suspicious maneuvers in the affected sea area at the time in question.
Disabled in Istanbul Strait
Bulk carrier Fortune Express suffered engine failure at around 2200 LT Jan 9 2012 in Istanbul Strait, while transiting the strait. Two rescue boats were immediately dispatched to Fortune Express, traffic in strait had to be suspended. Vessel was secured an hour later, presumably anchored in Buyukdere. Fortune Express was en route from Karadeniz Eregli to Iskenderun with 14170 tons of coal. Maritime Bulletin http://www.odin.tc
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