A report published by The Guardian cast a spotlight on the Suez Canal authority’s ability to deal professionally with the sudden malfunction of engines in cargo vessel Glory near kilometre 38 at the canal’s course.
A cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain briefly ran aground in the Suez Canal before being refloated and towed away.
The SCA chief, Osama Rabie, gave the all-clear on Monday, adding that traffic was moving normally on the Suez Canal after the authority had mobilised four tugboats to tow the ship, allowing it to resume its journey.
“The canal is on track to register 51 vessels passing in both directions on Monday,” he said.
The waterway, used for about 10 per cent of the world’s maritime trade, is one of the country’s main sources of foreign currency revenue, bringing in more than $7 billion a year.
The newspaper, meanwhile, said that Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi approved a project last year to widen and deepen the southern section of the canal where the Ever Given got stuck.
The newspaper paper further said that the ship had been refloated and 21 southbound vessels would commence or resume their transits with only minor delays expected.
