Four Indian sailors have been stranded for months on an abandoned container ship off Istanbul, unable to leave under maritime rules requiring the vessel to remain manned, inspectors said on Friday. In a message sent to AFP, the stranded crew members said they were losing hope after 10 months trapped on board the Mongolia-flagged AZRA C that has been moored in the Sea of Marmara since August 2025.The ship's purported owners were arrested in January in connection with a massive international drugs bust, leaving its fate and those on board in limbo.

Four Indian sailors have been stranded for months on an abandoned container ship off Istanbul, unable to leave under maritime rules requiring the vessel to remain manned,…

Four Indian sailors have been stranded for months on an abandoned container ship off Istanbul, unable to leave under maritime rules requiring the vessel to remain manned.

Four Indian sailors stranded aboard an abandoned ship off Istanbul’s Zeytinburnu coast for nearly 10 months finally returned to shore after Turkish authorities intervened to end…

Four Indian sailors have been rescued after being stranded for ten months on an abandoned ship. The vessel, AZRA C, was left unmanned off Istanbul when its owners were arrested in…

ISTANBUL: Four Indian sailors who were stranded for 10 months on an abandoned container ship off the coast of Turkiye have finally been taken off the vessel, an inspector told AFP…