A statement issued by the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority, on Wednesday, stated that the navigation traffic in the canal has returned to normal.
Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, head of the Canal Authority, said earlier on Wednesday that navigation will return to normal in both directions within hours, after a collision occurred between the LNG tanker (BW Lesmis), which flies the Singapore flag, and the oil products tanker Buri, which Flying the flag of the Cayman Islands in the waterway.
Rabie explained that the initial inspection showed that there were no significant damages or pollution incidents around the two tankers.
The Suez Canal Authority had announced earlier, “the floating of a ship loaded with natural gas, after it ran aground in the navigational passage of the canal,” according to Reuters.
The agency quoted two shipping sources in Egypt as saying, “Navigation is flowing normally through the Suez Canal, after the separation of two tankers that collided earlier.”
And the “Marine Traffic” company, which tracks the movement of ships, quoting witnesses, reported early Wednesday that the liquefied natural gas tanker “BW Lesmis”, flying the flag of Singapore, and the oil products tanker “Buri”, flying the flag of the Cayman Islands, collided for a short time. on the Egyptian channel.
2023-08-23 13:46:53
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