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Grain ship from Ukraine towed to anchorage in Istanbul, traffic reopened

Lady Zehma, a cargo ship carrying corn from Ukraine, is seen grounded and anchored after a rudder failure in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik

A cargo vessel carrying more than 3,000 tonnes (3,307 tons) of corn from Ukraine was towed to anchorage in Istanbul on Friday after it briefly ran aground, a shipping agency said, the first such incident under a United Nations-brokered export deal.

Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber said traffic in the Bosphorus strait had been reopened after it was halted due to the grounding of the 173-meter (567.59 ft) Lady Zehma due to a rudder failure around 1800 GMT.

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