Suez Canal briefly blocked after tanker Affinity V runs aground – The National

Suez Canal briefly blocked after tanker Affinity V runs aground – The National

An oil tanker ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal on Wednesday, briefly blocking the man-made waterway, the canal’s authority said in a statement.

The Singapore-flagged Affinity V became stuck in a single-lane stretch of the canal, according to the Suez Canal Authority’s head Osama Rabie.

The vessel seemed to have lost control in the Suez Canal while heading southbound, TankerTrackers.com wrote on Twitter.