Weather of Arabia - The Suez Canal Authority succeeded in floating an oil tanker, which ran aground in the navigational course of the channel located in eastern Egypt, on Wednesday night, August 31, 2022, less than 20 minutes after the incident, according to a reporter for "Sky News Arabia".
The Egyptian TV, quoting the authority, announced the regularity of navigation in the canal after the flotation of the stranded ship .
The head of the Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, said that "rescue units and the authority's locomotives succeeded in saving and floating" the 64,000-ton tanker.
Rabie added that the accident was caused by a “technical malfunction of the ship’s rudder, which caused it to lose the ability to steer (which led to) its stranding.” The Suez Canal Authority confirmed that “the navigation course is completely safe,” and explained that “immediately after the accident, a working group was formed and five tugs were pushed to deal with it.” rapid with the position and the flotation of the ship."
Two navigational sources said that a ship ran aground in the Suez Canal late on Wednesday, and that tugboats were working to float it.
According to Tanker Trackers, the tanker Affinity V, an Aframax, apparently lost control of the Suez Canal while sailing south.
The service wrote on "Twitter": "The navigation movement has been suspended temporarily and is now heading south again, but it is moving slowly with the help of a tugboat."
The Suez Canal is considered one of the most important shipping routes in the world, as 10 percent of international maritime trade passes through it.
Quoted from: Sky News Arabia
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