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Besiktas Shipping Halts Operations Amid Security Risks
12/3/2025
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- Besiktas Shipping announced on December 2, 2025 that it will cease all shipping operations involving Russian interests.
- The decision follows November 27, when its oil tanker Mersin was damaged by four explosions near Senegal's coast.
- The cause of the blasts remains unclear, and seawater entered the engine room.
- Besiktas Shipping cited escalating regional security risks and the safety of personnel, and sanctions compliance, as priorities.
