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By the same means it was detached Turkish flag cargo ship and 17 people crew all Turkish nationals, who ran aground in the morning in a rocky area west of it Tilosin the marine area of ​​Akra Mursela.

It’s about the ship MED CERKEZKOY which had sailed from Piraeus to the Syrian port of Lattakia loaded with containers.

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Officials of the relevant Port Authority rushed to the area, with a private watercraft, located the above ship and after communicating with the ship’s master, they were informed that there is no inflow of water or outflow of oil.

Two tugboats arrived at the spot and for precautionary reasons placed a floating barrier while an authorized diver inspected the reefs. The Central Port Authority of Rhodes, which is conducting the preliminary investigation, prohibited the ship from sailing until the damage is repaired and a certificate of airworthiness is presented by the classifier monitoring it, while the procedure for imposing administrative sanctions was initiated as the master had not informed the Port Authority about the event, as it should be.