The ship that ran aground on Thursday morning in Suez Canalone of the largest shipping lanes in the world has been successfully disconnected.

In a statement, the channel’s management said that they were informed of the damage to the ship’s engine, using tugboats, which managed to move it a few hours after the grounding.

According to the same statement, “offshore activity in both directions will be normalized once the towing process is completed, for safety reasons.”

#Suez Canal Authorities have successfully refloated Xin Hai Tong 23, a Hong Kong-flagged Bulker that had previously run aground, giving us all the memories of the 2021 Ever Given incident.
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It is noted that Hin Hai Tong 23, 190m Hong Kong flagged cargo ship from At least four other ships have run aground in the port of Duba in Saudi Arabia.

The Suez Canal runs from Port Said on the Mediterranean to Suez on the Red Sea. At its narrowest point, the width does not exceed 200 meters, which has caused problems in the past.

Recall that two years ago, the landing of a giant aground container ship “Ever Given”caused havoc on the canal, shutting down hundreds of ships for days and causing multi-day delays in the global supply chain.

“traffic jam” of unprecedented proportions worth billions in the global market while it raised the world price of oil and the cost of chartering containers.

The Ever Given accident made it clear that the Suez Canal is critical to global trade, as it is the conduit through which Between 12% and 13% of world trade passes through them daily..

Source: Reuters/SkyNews.