ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The variety of tankers waiting to go through Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait on the option to the Mediterranean fell to eight on Tuesday from 13 a day earlier, the Tribeca shipping agency said, in an additional easing of the recent build-up in traffic.
A Turkish measure in force for the reason that start of the month has caused shipping delays. It requires vessels to supply proof of insurance at some point of transit through the Bosphorus Strait or when calling at Turkish ports.
Five tankers were set to go southbound through the Bosphorus on Tuesday, Tribeca said. On Friday, there had been 20 ships waiting within the Black Sea to go through the strait.
On the Dardanelles, further south than the Bosphorus, eight tankers were set to go through southbound on Tuesday, while six tankers were waiting to be scheduled, Tribeca added.
The typical waiting time on the Bosphorus for southbound tankers fell to 2.9 days to three.4 days from 3.8 days to 4.3 days on Monday, Tribeca said. Average waiting time peaked at above 6 days last week.
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