The M/V Kayan I, a 5,644 dwt ton Sierra Leone-flagged general cargo vessel was taking on water in its stern and had been towed to a secure position, after colliding with the M/V Adriablue in the southern part of the Bosphorus.

“Due to strong south wind M/V Kayan I collided with M/V Adriablue while she was trying to anchor at Southern Bosphorus anchorage area,” the shipping agency said in an e-mail.

The Adriablue sustained damage to its accomodation section.

Both the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits were currently open to shipping traffic, the agency said.