Suez Canal: Tugboats Working to Tow Container Ship after Malfunction

Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority stated that four tugboats were sent to complete the process of towing the container ship ONE ORPHEUS after it lost guidance due to a malfunction in the ship’s rudder, which led to it colliding with the Mansy Bridge.

This came on Wednesday during ship's crossing of the canal as part of the southern convoy on its journey coming from Singapore to the Netherlands.

The head of the authority explained that as soon as the main navigation control center received notification of a malfunction in the ship’s rudder in the kilometer 74 and its loss of guidance, instructions were given to stop the ships behind it in addition to immediately sending 4 tugboats to complete the process of towing the ship.