Bulk carrier ship Glory grounded in Suez Canal, says shipping agency - CNBC

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The Suez Canal successful Ismailia, Egypt, connected Thursday, March 25, 2021.

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Bulk bearer Glory ran aground successful the Suez Canal connected Monday morning, according to shipping bureau Leth, which said efforts to refloat the vas were underway.

Live representation information from maritime quality supplier MarineTraffic bespeak the vas was traversing the Suez Canal arsenic of six hours ago. The vessel is sailing nether the emblem of the Marshall Islands, according to MarineTraffic and VesselFinder.

Arabic quality transmission Al-Arabiya cited Osama Rabie, president of the Suez Canal Authority, arsenic saying that the vessel had tally aground but was being floated, according to a Google translation. He added that the grounded was not affecting navigation done the waterway, the study said.

The Suez canal is 1 of the world's astir important waterways, with its 120 miles hosting 30% of planetary shipping instrumentality postulation and 12% of each planetary commercialized worthy astir $1 trillion annually.

In March 2021, a monolithic 220,000-ton tanker called Ever Given got stuck crossed the Suez Canal for six days, causing its longest-ever closure owed to a vessel and holding up immoderate $60 cardinal of trade."

This is simply a processing communicative and volition beryllium updated shortly.

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