Canal Istanbul will be great achievement in terms of strategic, economic and security, says expert

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  • Title: Canal Istanbul will be great achievement in terms of strategic, economic and security, says expert
  • Date: 23rd June 2021
  • Summary: Canal Istanbul will be great achievement in terms of strategic, economic and security, says expert SHOTLIST: 1. VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OF SHIPS, BOATS PASSING THOROUGH BOSPHORUS 2. VARIOUS OF SHIP PASSING BOSPHORUS 3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER AT ISTANBUL COMMERCE UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ILICALI, SAYING: “First, there is accident risk and the second, the Bosphorus capacity is 25,000 ship in a year but today this number almost doubled and reached to 40,000-45,000. So what happens? This capacity does not satisfy the demand and ships start to wait. The ships have waiting costs and we know ships wait for about 12 days. This information can be gathered from the Directorate General of Coastal Safety. And ships don’t use pilot boat as part of the Montreux Convention.” 4. ILICALI SPEAKING TO REPORTER 5. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER AT ISTANBUL COMMERCE UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ILICALI, SAYING: “I have been collecting these figures every month. I tell you the last month’s figures that 14 million tones hazardous material have passed through Bosphorus. The hazardous materials amount that passed Bosphorus increased 14 percent comparing to last month. So if we add 14 percent every year we can see how it is important in terms of risk and capacity.” 6. ILICALI SPEAKING 7. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER AT ISTANBUL COMMERCE UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ILICALI, SAYING: “If today around 45,000 ships pass the Bosphorus this number will reach to 60,000-65,000 after 10-15 years. This means it will be doubled, trebled. What does the meaning of trebled capacity? It means there will be a long line. Ships will wait and while they are waiting they will pollute the sea, will pollute the air with emission.” 8. VARIOUS OF SHIPS PASSING BOSPHORUS 9. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER AT ISTANBUL COMMERCE UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ILICALI, SAYING: “As a result, Turkey will not say come pass from the canal and we will charge you. But ships instead of waiting 15-20 days and undertake waiting costs they will choose an easy way to go target place in a short way. There will be income as from other canals in accordance to pay scale.” ISTANBUL, TURKEY (JUNE 22, 2021) (AAVN – ACCESS ALL) SCRIPT: Turkey’s mega project Canal Istanbul will be a great achievement in terms of strategic, economic and security, according to an expert. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Director of Transportation Systems Center at Istanbul Commerce University, professor Mustafa Ilıcalı said Bosphorus didn't meet the demand and compose risk for Istanbul. Emphasizing accident risks Ilıcalı said: “The Bosphorus capacity is 25,000 ship in a year but today this number almost doubled and reached to 40,000-45,000.” He stressed that ship wait for about 12 days and they faced with waiting cost due to the Boshorus strait does not meet the demand. Ilıcalı drew attention to hazardous material have passed through Bosphorus and increase 14 percent comparing to last month. “14 million tones hazardous material have passed through Bosphorus,” said Ilıcalı. He said that there will be more demand to pass in near future and will occur the longer queue. “If today around 45,000 ships pass the Bosphorus this number will reach to 60,000-65,000 after 10-15 years. This means it will be doubled, trebled,” he added. Ilıcalı warned that those ships also will pollute sea and air while they wait. Turkey's Canal Istanbul, a planned mega-project connecting the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea, taking pressure off the crowded Bosphorus Strait. Foundations for the 1,618-meter (1 mile) bridge are expected be laid in the last week of June with a ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Ministry. The cable-stayed bridge will be built to provide a crossing around Sazlidere in the Edirne province as part of the Northern Marmara Highway (including the Third Bosporus Bridge) Project's Basaksehir-Bahcesehir-Nakkas section (including connecting roads). The bridge, whose main span is set to be 440 meters (481.2 yards) long, will have 136 stay cables, 272 anchorages, and four lanes of traffic in both directions. The bridge's 196-meter (643-foot) towers will be built with "diamond" geometry. As part of the Canal Istanbul project, which was announced in 2011, a total of six new bridges will be built. The project's total cost is projected at $15 billion, with the six bridges carrying a price tag of $1.4 billion. Some half a million people will be employed in the construction work. The construction of the canal, with a daily passage capacity of 185 vessels, is expected to be completed in 2025-2026. The planned 45-kilometer (28-mile) canal will be built west of the city center on the European side of the Istanbul province. The mega-project, which aims to prevent risks posed by vessels carrying dangerous shipments through the Bosphorus Strait, was approved by the country's Environment and Urbanization Ministry.
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