He also advised that traffic in the channel will resume soon after the vessel has been pulled from the beach.
Earlier, Leth Agencies said the ship “Glory” ran aground near Kantar, about 50 kilometers south of Port Said.
Marshall Islands-flagged Glory is en route from Ukraine to China with 65,000 tons of grain.
In March 2021, after running aground, the Suez Canal was blocked for six days by the giant container ship “Ever Given” of a Japanese company flying the flag of Panama.
