The Suez Canal Authority said the 64,000-ton tanker had “successfully re-floated” and made clear that “canal rescue services were mobilized for the operation.”
According to the Ship Finder website, the Singapore-flagged tanker is 250 meters long and 45 meters wide and is heading for the Saudi Arabian port of Yanbu.
This is the first time a ship has blocked the strategic canal since the 200,000-ton giant container ship “Changci” got stuck on the east bank of the canal during a sandstorm in March 2021, the report said. .