VOL. XLVI
No 28
14-July-2003
TURKEY
Turkey Installs Radar System In Bosphorus And Dardanelle Straits
Turkey has installed a $45mn radar monitoring system in the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits in an effort to increase safety for the waterways growing tanker traffic. The Vessel Traffic Management Information System (VTMIS) was supplied by Lockheed Martin of the US and will monitor the movement of the more than 50,000 vessels that use the straits during the course of a year. The system relies on...
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