Apr 07, 2021 14:10:00

Two new tankers stranded on the Suez Canal

On April 6, 2021, two tankers were reported to have stranded on the Suez Canal in Egypt. On the Suez Canal, the container ship 'Ever Given' ran ashore on March 23, 2021, and an accident that blocked the traffic of ships for the next 6 days has just occurred, but the two ships that ran aground this time are usually at the time of writing the article. It is said that it is returning to the service of.

GAC --Grounded tankers refloated & resumed transit (UPDATED)

https://www.gac.com/news--media/hot-port-news/ballast-tankers-grounded/

Two Aframax tankers ran aground in Suez Canal | RUMFORD --FleetMon Maritime News
https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2021/33257/two-aframax-tankers-ran-aground-suez-canal/

The news site 'GAC ', which publishes information on shipping, reported that two tankers traveling north on the Suez Canal ran aground around 16:10 on April 6, Japan time. GAC has not identified the name of the tanker, but according to FleetMon, a site that tracks the location of vessels in real time, the first stranded oil tanker is the Italian-flagged oil tanker RUMFORD and the second is Greek-flagged. It is an oil tanker ' MINERVA NIKE '.

According to FleetMon, the grounding site is south of Great Bitter Lake on the Suez Canal, about 20km north of Ever Given's grounding site.

After stranded, RUMFORD was carried out by a tugboat of the Suez Canal Authority , and after about 3 hours, it returned to normal operation. In addition, GAC reports that MINERVA NIKE also succeeded in taking off the reef in about 4 hours and was towed by a tugboat.

Regarding the Ever Given stranded accident on the Suez Canal, experts said it was 'stuck in the most troublesome way' and is known to have blocked the traffic for about six days.

Experts explain the whole story of the container ship accident on the Suez Canal --GIGAZINE