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29 Mar 2021 / Suez Canal, Egypt
UPDATE (17:00 hours local time): The grounded container vessel blocking the Suez Canal has been completely refloated.
A Suez Canal Authority (SCA) diving team have inspected the vessel’s bottom for safe navigation, and it is now being towed by SCA tugs towards the Great Bitter Lakes, about 1.5-2 hours from her current location in the Canal. The ship’s hull and bottom will be re-inspected at Great Bitter Lakes for technical reasons.
The transit convoys and traffic will resume after the grounded vessel arrives at Great Bitter Lakes and the backlog of unlashed backlog vessels in the Bitter Lakes/Suez and Port Said areas is cleared.
The convoy system will change temporarily until transits are back to normal, expected in 3-4 days.
Currently, 193 vessels are waiting at Port Said for the southbound convoy and 201 at Suez for the northbound convoy. Another 43 are waiting at Great Bitter Lakes.
GAC is not associated with the grounded vessel. We are sharing Suez Canal Authority (SCA) information through our daily Hot Port News bulletin as it becomes available. We are not in a position to elaborate or comment further. For further details, we suggest you approach the Suez Canal Authority or the vessel owner directly.