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100 thousand vessels crossed the Turkish straits in 2010
ISTANBUL (A.A) - Nearly 100 thousand vessels passed through the Turkish Straits in 2010, with around 20 thousand of them were tankers carrying 303.6 million tonnes of oil and other hazardous products.
The two narrow straits in northwestern Turkey, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, connect the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea on one side and the Aegean arm of the Mediterranean Sea on the other.
Nearly 51 thousand ships crossed the Bosphorus and 9,274 of them were tankers, which carried 146.75 million tonnes of oil and other hazardous products. Through the Dardanelles 9,252 tankers sailed and they carried 156.92 million tonnes of oil and hazardous products.
In 2009, 9,299 tankers passed through the Bosphorus, carrying 144.66 million tonnes of oil and other hazardous products. Through the Dardanelles, 9,567 tankers sailed and they carried 152.10 million tonnes of oil and other hazardous products.
Earlier this month Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said the country might raise fees on vessels passing through the Bosphorus to reduce traffic.
"We are ready to comply with the Montreaux Convention. The convention includes a provision on what is described as 'francs gold' which constitutes a high barrier. Hopefully, we won't be left in a position to resort to that provision unless we are forced to do so," Yildiz told reporters on Friday.
The modern treaty controlling relations is the 1936 Montreaux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits, which is still in force. It gives Turkey control over warships entering the straits but guarantees the free passage of civilian vessels in peacetime.
The two narrow straits in northwestern Turkey, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, connect the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea on one side and the Aegean arm of the Mediterranean Sea on the other.
Nearly 51 thousand ships crossed the Bosphorus and 9,274 of them were tankers, which carried 146.75 million tonnes of oil and other hazardous products. Through the Dardanelles 9,252 tankers sailed and they carried 156.92 million tonnes of oil and hazardous products.
In 2009, 9,299 tankers passed through the Bosphorus, carrying 144.66 million tonnes of oil and other hazardous products. Through the Dardanelles, 9,567 tankers sailed and they carried 152.10 million tonnes of oil and other hazardous products.
Earlier this month Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said the country might raise fees on vessels passing through the Bosphorus to reduce traffic.
"We are ready to comply with the Montreaux Convention. The convention includes a provision on what is described as 'francs gold' which constitutes a high barrier. Hopefully, we won't be left in a position to resort to that provision unless we are forced to do so," Yildiz told reporters on Friday.
The modern treaty controlling relations is the 1936 Montreaux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits, which is still in force. It gives Turkey control over warships entering the straits but guarantees the free passage of civilian vessels in peacetime.
