GELIBOLU - A Maltese-flagged ship was rescued today after it ran aground off Gelibolu town of Aegean city of Canakkale yesterday morning.
The captain of the Maltese "St.Western" vessel asked for help as his personal efforts to rescue the ship did not bear fruit. The ship was pulled by a Turkish tugboat and anchored at the Gelibolu bay.
The St. Western was 3,019 gross tons in weight and 96 meters in length. It was carrying 3,767 metric tons of steel wires when it ran aground off Gelibolu yesterday. The Maltese-flagged ship was en route from Russia to Tunisia.