According to foreign media reports, the Suez Canal authorities said on Sunday that a tanker that suffered an engine failure in the Suez Canal in Egypt and briefly disrupted traffic in important waterways has been towed away by tugboats and traffic has returned to normal.

Suez Canal Authority head Osama Rabie said in a statement that after the Canal Authority tugboat managed to successfully float the stranded tanker, the canal's two-way traffic has returned to normal.

According to Refinitiv Eikon shipping data, the SEAVIGOUR crude oil tanker is a Maltese-flagged vessel built in 2016.

The Suez Canal Authority statement added that the ship was traveling from Russia to China.

The tanker "SEAVIGOUR", IMO number 9774185, 158566 dwt, built in 2016, flies the Maltese flag and is managed by the Greek THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENT.

Due to various reasons, the Suez Canal often occurs traffic disruption.

, less than two weeks ago, in the early morning of May 25, a cargo ship ran aground at the south entrance of the Suez Canal. It is reported that the canal traffic has returned to normal at around 11 a.m. on May 25, and the stranded cargo ship was towed away from the grounding site by three towing ships and went to the berthing area for inspection and maintenance.

The Suez Canal's most famous stranding event was in 2021, when a container ship called Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal and blocked canal traffic, disrupting both directions for six days and disrupting global trade.

2022, Suez Canal tugboats re-float an oil tanker that had briefly run aground in the canal due to a technical failure. In March, a container ship broke down in the canal, causing minor delays.

Source: Shipping Online