A Maersk Line containership ran aground within the Suez Canal Tuesday afternoon inflicting a number of hours of site visitors delays earlier than being refloated. 

The transport company GAC studies that the vessel was quantity 13 in a southbound convoy of 33 vessels when it rang aground Tuesday (July 5) at kilometer 133 within the Suez Canal at roughly 15:30 native time. The grounding triggered a number of the vessels within the convoy to be detained till the container ship was refloated.

The vessel was ultimately refloated simply earlier than midnight native time and towed by Suez Canal tugs to the Suez outer anchorage situated outdoors the canal by Wednesday morning. Both convoys had been anticipated to be again to regular Tuesday, GAC reported.

The containership has been recognized as the ten,000 teu Maersk Shams, a 117,176 dwt container ship in-built 2015.

As of Wednesday afternoon the vessel was nonetheless displaying at anchor in Suez.