A Liberia-flagged tanker ran aground while passing the Suez Canal. The incident did not trouble anyhow traffic there, Russian Vesti TV channel reports, quoting the official representative of the Suez Canal Authority, Mahmoud Abdel Wahab. According to him, the accident was caused due to a "failure of steering of the tanker."
The 51.000-displacement-ton ship was en route from Greece to Singapore. There was no leakage of petroleum products reported. Despite the incident, Mahmoud Abdel Wahab said, today in both directions 46 transit vessels of total 2m tonnage have passed via the Suez Canal. Around 8% of global freight shipments are carried out through the Suez Canal.
The 51.000-displacement-ton ship was en route from Greece to Singapore. There was no leakage of petroleum products reported. Despite the incident, Mahmoud Abdel Wahab said, today in both directions 46 transit vessels of total 2m tonnage have passed via the Suez Canal. Around 8% of global freight shipments are carried out through the Suez Canal.