A cargo ship ran aground in the Suez Canal on Monday, reported Leth Agencies, a company that provides services on the canal through Egypt, one of the busiest shipping lanes in world trade.
Leth Agencies said the ship MV Glory ran aground near the city of Qantara, on the west side of the Suez Canal in Egypt’s northwestern province of Ismailia.
The company said Suez Canal tugs are trying to refloat the ship.
The Suez Canal Management Authority has yet to comment on the incident.
Parts of Egypt, including the northern provinces, were affected by bad weather on Sunday.
The Istanbul-based Joint Coordination Center responsible for overseeing Ukraine’s grain exports, the MV Glory transports more than 65,000 tons of corn from Ukraine to China.
Satellite data analyzed by the Associated Press news agency shows the location of the MV Glory in a single track section of the Suez Canal south of Port Said in the Mediterranean Sea.
In March 2021, the Ever Given, a nearly 200,000-ton container ship, ran aground on the east bank of the canal during a sandstorm.
The ship blocked for six days the main traffic route between Europe and Asia, through which about 10% of world maritime trade passes.
The rescue operation cost the life of an agent of the Suez Canal Management Authority.
In May, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi approved a plan to further widen and deepen the southern part of the canal in which the ship got stuck.
According to the operator, Egypt lost up to 15 million dollars (14 million euros) per day due to the blockade, while insurers estimated daily losses for world maritime trade at billions of dollars.
In July, the Suez Canal announced a record profit of seven billion dollars (6.6 billion euros) in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, after repeatedly raising transit fees for ships.
Source: TSF
