ISTANBUL, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two cargo ships collided on Thursday in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait, one of the world's busiest waterways connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, the local NTV broadcaster reported.
The incident occurred off the Uskudar district on the Asian side of the city when an 80-meter ship traveling from Georgia's Batumi to Saudi Arabia collided with a 180-meter vessel heading to Batumi from Spain, said the report.
