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[Hongde Information] A freighter ran aground in the Suez Canal! Ship bound for China!
Jan 11,2023
Hongde International has learned that the Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, has run aground again! The Suez Canal Authority said on Monday (9th) that a cargo ship carrying Ukrainian food ran aground in the Suez Canal in Egypt on the 9th, temporarily disrupting traffic in the waterway that is vital to global trade.
The Suez Canal Authority said the cargo ship "M/V Glory" ran aground due to "sudden technical failure. The chairman of the Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, said that the ship has now re-floated and has been towed away by tugboats for repairs. Traffic on the canal has not been affected by the grounding.
Fortunately, the situation was not serious this time, and the Authority only spent a few hours helping the freighter out of trouble.. Suez Canal shipping service provider Leth Agencies said the freighter ran aground near the city of Kantala in Ismailia province along the Suez Canal. Twenty-one southbound vessels will resume passage through the canal, with slight delays expected.
Satellite tracking data show that the "M/V Glory" is on a one-way channel on the Suez Canal south of Port Said in the Mediterranean Sea. After the accident, the Suez Canal Authority used three tugboats to help the cargo ship out.
Officials have not yet said the cause of the stranding, but it is likely to be weather-related. Including the northern provinces, Egypt has experienced a wave of severe weather these days, mainly strong winds. Agencies Leth later released an image showing "M/V Glory" stranded on the west bank of the canal, with its bow facing south, with no serious impact on the canal.
According to VesselFinder and MarineTraffic data, the ship is a bulk carrier flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. According to information registered by the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC), which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Ukrainian grain export agreement,The stranded "M/V Glory" cargo ship was 225 meters long and carrying more than 65,000 tons of corn. It left Ukraine for China on December 25.
The Suez Canal is located at the crossover of Europe, Asia and Africa, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the busiest waterways in the world and the shortest shipping route between Asia and Europe.
The accident was not the first ship grounding incident in the Suez Canal. It was the third freighter grounding in two years. The Panamanian-flagged Evergreen shipping giant freighter "Ever Given" ran aground in the Suez Canal in March 2021, blocking the waterway for six days and disrupting global trade. After a large-scale rescue operation by the tugboat fleet, the "Long Ci" finally got out of trouble.
The incident caused widespread traffic congestion in the Suez Canal, disrupting global trade worth about $9 billion a day and straining global supply chains already overwhelmed by the new crown epidemic.
In August last year, the Singapore-registered "Affinity V" oil tanker ran aground briefly in the canal. Fortunately, it was then floated again with the assistance of a tugboat, causing shipping to be interrupted for 5 hours.
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