Photos: Bulker Carrying Ukrainian Corn Briefly Grounds inSuez Canal

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) reacted rapidly to avoid one more obstruction of the canal on Monday, January 9 after a bulker in the southbound convoy experienced mechanical issues and also based. In much less than 2 hrs the vessel was reported under tow and also web traffic was returning to in the canal.

MV Glory, a 76,500 dwt mass provider signed up in the Marshall Islands had actually gotten to the Port Said Anchorage at the north terminus of the Suez Canal the other day. The vessel, which is 738 feet long and also taking a trip presently with a draft of 43 feet, got in the Suez Canal in a southbound convoy. The vessel had actually left Chornomorsk, Ukraine on December 25 crammed 65,970 statistics tonnes of corn and also after being examined on January 3 close to Istanbul continued to the canal.

The Suez Canal Authority reported the Glory endured a “sudden technical failure” when it went to the 38-kilometer message in the canal. They reacted with 4 pulls with a pull pressure of 95 loads to deal rapidly with the scenario and also the ship’s towing.

( images thanks to Suez Canal Authority)

The event created a small interruption of web traffic with the Southbound convoy of ships being required to keep in placement till after the tugboats had actually hauled the mass provider to the 51-kilometer factor. The SCA reported that an overall of 51 vessels were anticipated to transportation the canal consisting of 25 ships originating from the north. The Leth Shipping Agency had actually reported that 19 vessels were waiting at Port Said to get in the canal.

“SCA salvage unit has dealt with the sudden technical failure in the machinery of the bulk carrier MV Glory in a very professional manner,” the SCA claimed in a declaration. “The vessel, which is among the North convoy on its way from Turkey to China, is now being towed to 51 kilometer (Canal marking).”

With the aid of the Suez Canal pulls Ali Shalabi, Port Said, and also Svitzer Suez 1, the Suez Canal authorities procured the vessel refloated. The pulls hauled the vessel to the closest drop in Al-Ballah location where the root cause of technological failing was being examined. The very first records came with 7:51 am regional time and also by 9:45 am regional time the SCA reported web traffic was once more relocating typically.

The event taken place in a north section of the canal while the Ever Given was embeded an extra southerly section of the canal in 2021. The SCA has actually been functioning to boost navigating in the canal specifically concentrating on the southerly location. In December 2022, they granted an additional $272 million dredging agreement concentrating on the location where the Even Given based.

Due to be finished in July 2023, the SCA has actually gotten to prolong the canal’s dual-lane ability in its southerly section from the 72 to 82-kilometer marks. They are likewise broadening an extra 30-kilometer area in the southerly section of the canal broadening it by an extra 131 feet and also growing it from its present 66 feet to a deepness of 72 feet.

When finished, the SCA reports the task will certainly boost navigating safety and security by 28 percent while likewise including ability for 6 even more vessels. The Suez Canal is among the globe’s essential delivery rivers, with its 120 miles organizing 30 percent of international delivery container web traffic and also 12 percent of all international profession worth concerning $1 trillion yearly.

Last week, SCA claimed that Egypt gained virtually $8 billion from the canal in 2015, a 25 percent boost from the previous year. The variety of vessels that transited the river in 2022 got to 23,583 contrasted to 20,694 in 2021 and also 18,830 in 2020.