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Suez Canal tugboats working to move stranded container ship, traffic is unaffected
Egypt’s Suez Canal authorities sent four tugboats to work on moving a stranded container ship after it broke down in the watercourse, the canal’s authority said in a statement on Sunday.
The container ship, MSC ISTANBUL, was sailing under Liberia’s flag, and started its course from Malaysia heading to Portugal when it got stuck in the canal.
The authority stressed that traffic in the key waterway was unaffected by MSC ISTANBUL.
The Suez Canal is the fastest and most direct maritime shipping line linking Europe and Asia. It’s also the one of the key sources of foreign currency for Egypt’s government.
In 2021, one of the largest container ships in the world got stuck in the canal and blocked traffic through the waterway for a week, disrupting global shipping traffic and disturbing international maritime trade.
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