A freighter that transported ukrainian corn and that ran aground on Monday in the Suez Canal it was quickly refloated, without affecting traffic on this seaway through which 10% of world trade passes.
“The ‘M/V Glory‘ has been refloated by the Suez Canal Authority,” after it “ran aground while joining a convoy near Al-Qantara, near the northeast Egyptian city of Ismailia,” the Norwegian maritime agency Leth reported. .
“Traffic continues as normal,” added the president of the Canal Authority, Oussama al Rabie.
“Only minor delays are expectedLeth added.
The ‘M/V Glory’, with a cargo capacity of 41,000 tons, according to the channel authorities, came from Turkey and was heading to China.
The ship, which is carrying Ukrainian corn, set sail on December 25 from Chornomorsk, a port city near Odessa, within the framework of the agreement reached in July between the UN, kyiv and Moscow on the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel was “rescued by four tugs,” Rabie said.
The Suez Canal is paramount to Egyptcurrently hit by an economic crisis that has made the currency lose 75% of its value in less than a year.
This waterway is one of the main sources of foreign exchange earnings for Egypt, with more than 7,000 million dollars a year. About 10% of world maritime trade passes through the Suez Canal.
In March 2021, the container ship “Ever Given” got stuck on a sandbar, blocking traffic for almost a week.
The raising operation lasted six days and cost the life of an official of the Suez Canal Authority.
Egypt lost between 12 and 15 million dollars per day of closurewhile insurers had estimated a loss of billions of dollars a day for global maritime trade.
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In September, an oil tanker, the “Affinity V”, briefly blocked the Suez Canal after “a technical fault” caused the ship to lose control, according to canal authorities.
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al Sisi approved a project to widen and deepen the southern part of the canal, where the “Ever Given” got stuck. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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