Oil tanker floats after 5 hours of crashing into Suez Canal Egypt

A big oil tanker that crashed into the Suez Canal in Egypt was late Wednesday re-floated after sinking to the depth of the water.

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Thursday, narrated that “the vessel, coming from Portugal, ran aground within the Suez Canal at about 7.00 p.m. native time (1700 GMT) on Wednesday and tugboats launched it into its navigational course 5 hours later.”

The spokesperson of the Suez Canal Authority, George Safwat, stated that the vessel, Affinity V, had been blocking the southern part of the canal for a brief interval, including that “visitors has returned to regular”.

The incident occurred in the identical single-lane stretch of the canal the place the Ever Given, a large cargo ship, ran aground for six days in March 2021, inflicting disruption in international commerce motion.

For the reason that liberating of the Ever Given, the SCA has been increasing and deepening the course of the canal, which is because of be accomplished in 2023.

Linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Pink Sea, the Suez Canal was formally opened for worldwide navigation in 1869.