The French ship departed from the port in Crete

Greece announced last Friday that the French-flagged Abeille Marengo ship would conduct hydrographic research for the GSI project. Navtex of the Greek authorities stated that the announcement would be valid until March 2027. Turkey responded to this Navtex on November 6, and in the counter announcement made from Antalya station, it was stated that a part of Greece's research area remained within the Turkish continental shelf, and Greece's announcement was declared invalid.

The French ship Abeille Marengo was planned to leave Crete and start its work on Saturday, November 7. However, following these developments, the French ship began to be kept in the port. The ship left the port of Heraklion yesterday evening.

In the announcement numbered 1127/26 of Antalya Navtex Station, "Marine scientific research studies will be carried out along the lines coordinated with the competent Turkish authorities and with the consent of the Turkish authorities, in the Turkish Navtex service area and in an area within the Turkish continental shelf in the Eastern Mediterranean, whose external borders were notified to the United Nations with the number a/74/757 on March 18, 2020. The research activity for the underwater cable laying works in question will be carried out by the ship named ABEILLE MARENGO." It will be carried out along the lines connecting the following points between 10 November 2026 and 19 March 2027. In the announcement, the coordinates of the work area were given and a warning was given to pass 2 miles from the ship.