A cargo ship ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal on Monday, a canal services company said. It is not clear if the canal’s traffic was affected.
According to the Norwegian company Leth, the ship MV Glory ran aground near the town of El Qantara, in the province of Ismailia, in the Suez Canal. The company said canal tugs were trying to refloat the ship.
The authorities did not give details about the causes of the stranding of the boat. Parts of Egypt, including its northern provinces, experienced a wave of bad weather on Sunday.
A spokesman for the Canal Authority declined to comment to The Associated Press, saying a statement would be issued.
It was not the first ship to run aground in the crucial waterway. The Panamanian-flagged Ever Given, a colossal container ship, had blocked the canal in March 2021 for almost a week.
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Source: BFM TV
