Lady-Sham

The 'Lady Sham' experienced an engine failure in front of Keçilik Bay in the Istanbul Strait enroute from Tuzla to Burgas on Feb 1, 2026. The disabled ship was at risk of drifting aground in the busy waterway. It could be secured by the tug 'Kurtarma 11' (IMO: 9854399). Under the coordination of the Istanbul Ship Traffic Services Center, the ship was safely moored at the Büyükdere Anchorage with the assistance of the tugs 'Kurtarma 9' (IMO: 9598581) and 'Kurtarma 11', where it remained stationary in pos. 41° 09' N 029° 03' E as of Feb 5. Report with photo: https://x.com/kiyiemniyet/status/2018064852158206205

The 'Lady Sham', with 14 crew members aboard, being enroute from Bejaia to Tripoli with an ETA as of Jan 3, 2020, suffered an engine failure in the evening of Jan 1 and went adrift in the Aegean Sea between Rhodes and the Karpasos islands. On Jan 3, the ship was still drifting in western direction towards Karpathos being monitored by the Greek Coastguard. 11 miles southwest of Rhodes the ship was taken in tow by the Greek tug 'Christos XXVII' (IMO: 7729710) off Carnagio and safely anchored off Rhodes in the morning of Jan 4. No marine pollution was caused by the incident. The Central Port Authority of Rhodes banned the vessel from sailing until the damage was repaired and a class certificate was issued by the relevant classification societies. The tug 'Christos XXXIV' was appointed to tow the vessel to Piaeus for repairs. Upon completion of towage approval formalities, the towage commenced in the morning of Jan 15 with an ETA as of Jan 17.

On Jan 20, 2019, the "Lady Sham" took on board 144 migrants off the Libyan coast. Tjhe ship, which was coming from Barcelona, was advised to carry them back to the country they just had fled from. The vessel headed to Misrata to disembark them.