Ships stuck in Sutz Canal again

A 250-meter-long tanker ship named Affinity V was stranded in a narrow part of the Sutz Canal on Wednesday.

As a result of the siege of the ship, the world's busiest trade route was stopped for five hours.

On Thursday (September 9), the news was reported in a report by the British news media Guardian.

Sustez Canal Authority spokesman George Sawat told Egypt's national television channel Extra News satellite that on Wednesday, the local samsat Samut was caught in the narrow part of the southern part of the canal, but the 5 tugboats of the canal authorities were caught in the 5th day of the canal authorities.

According to the information of tanker trackers, an international organization that monitors the movement of tankers, the Affinity V was going to Saudi Arabia in Portugal.

The Affinity V, which was trapped in the canal on Wednesday, was trapped in the same part of the canal in late March 2021. After six days of continuous efforts, Ever Give was removed.

The unprecedented boat tangle was seen on both sides of the canal, which was closed for the six days, and more than 300 commercial ships were trapped in that tangle.

The importance of Sutz Canal in world trade is very low in the water of Asia and Europe, so that the canal can be transported at a relatively low cost between the Suitez canal using the Sustez Canal using the Sustez Canal. 12 percent of the global product trade is transported in the Sustez Canal. 1859 The canal work has been carried out from 1859.

Over 100,000 Egyptian workers dug the canal for a decade, and the construction materials were transported on camels and mule backs. Last year, 19,000 ships were operated in the Sutz Canal. More than 51 ships were transported to the waterways in the past year. Last year, 117 million tons of products were transported to the waterway.