The EGE M cargo ship safely anchored in Ahırkapı after a steering malfunction in the Istanbul Strait, with oversight from Coastal Safety teams.

Ship owners who invested in the Suezmax tanker segment in the past few years, especially prior to the 2007-2008 era, have been finding out, that the trade routes that they were supposed to employ their ships, are almost made redundant. Instead, they are rapidly moving towards other parts of the world, in an attempt to seek employment. According to a recent and rather