Refloating of a grounded cargo ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal
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Raven Ruma
- . January 9, 2023
- . Update: January 9, 2023 7:51 pm
An Egyptian waterway cargo ship that ran aground has been refloated, according to the Suez Canal Authority on Monday.
The MV Glory ran aground close to the city of Qantara in the Suez Canal province of Ismailia, according to the canal services company Leth Agencies.
Three canal tugboats, according to the company, were trying to refloat the ship. The cause of the vessel’s run aground was unknown to officials. Egypt’s northern provinces were among those affected by a wave of poor weather on Sunday.
Osama Rabie told Al-Arabiya that the M/V Glory ran aground as it joined the southbound convoy passing through the canal and that tug boats are attempting to refloat the ship.
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According to information from trackers VesselFinder and MarineTraffic, the vessel is a bulk carrier registered in the Marshall Islands.
According to the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Istanbul, which monitors Ukraine grain exports, it departed Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port on December 25 with 65,970 metric tonnes of corn intended for China.
The ship was given the all-clear to continue its voyage from Istanbul after an inspection on January 3, according to the JCC, which includes representatives from the United Nations, Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia.
The quickest maritime route between Europe and Asia is the Suez Canal, one of the busiest rivers in the world.
