Stranded ship in Suez Canal refloated within 4 hours

A container ship stranded in the canal’s navigational course on Sunday afternoon was successfully refloated within four hours, Suez Canal Authority spokesperson George Safwat announced.

During a telephone interview with Ahmed Moussa, presenter of the “On My Responsibility” program broadcast on Sada al-Balad channel, Safwat said that the movement of ships across the Suez Canal was not impacted due to the stranding.

He explained that the New Suez Canal allowed the facilitation of navigation after the ship ran aground in the old canal.

The stranded ship was coming from Malaysia and heading to Portugal, he explained, and ran aground at the kilometer 78 mark. It held a tonnage of 163,000 tons of goods, measured 199 meters, and the matter was dealt with swiftly.