China-bound cargo vessel refloated in Suez Canal after running aground
- MV Glory got stuck in the canal, which is vital for global trade, on Monday, disrupting traffic after a ‘sudden technical failure’
- The 225-metre-long ship is carrying over 65,000 tonnes of corn from Ukraine; it’s about half the length of the Ever Given, which blocked the Suez in 2021
The Suez Canal Authority said on Monday that a cargo ship carrying corn that went aground, briefly disrupting traffic in the waterway that is vital for global trade, was refloated and canal traffic was restored.
Canal services firm Leth Agencies said the vessel, MV Glory, ran aground near the city of Qantara, in the Suez Canal province of Ismailia. The firm said three canal tugboats had worked to refloat the ship.
The Glory had experienced a “sudden technical failure” according to the SCA.
Parts of Egypt, including its northern provinces, experienced a wave of bad weather on Sunday.
Satellite tracking data showed the Glory in a single-lane stretch of the Suez Canal just south of Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea.
Leth Agencies later posted a graphic that suggested the Glory was against the west bank of the canal, pointed south and not wedged across the channel. It identified the three tugs aiding the vessel as the Port Said, Svitzer Suez 1 and Ali Shalabi.