Egypt-Cairo-January 9, 2023

Following a sudden malfunction, the casting ship "Glory" ran aground while crossing the Suez Canal within the northern convoy coming from Turkey ،

However, the head of the Suez Canal Authority, Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, said that the authority's maritime rescue team dealt professionally with the Glory ship, which broke down at kilometer 38 passing within the northern convoy on its journey coming from Turkey and heading to China, where work is now underway to tow the idle ship to kilometer 51 canal numbering.

Rabie sent a message of reassurance about the regularity of navigation traffic in the canal, where the entry of 26 ships from the South convoy has been organized, and the North convoy will be crossed after the Glory ship resumes crossing the canal with the help of TRA locomotives.

Rabie stressed that the authority has the necessary rescue expertise and the necessary navigational and technical insurance capabilities to deal professionally with potential emergency situations.

The chairman of the authority explained that a number of 4 locomotives were pushed forward by the Port Said locomotive with a pulling force of 95 tons, to quickly deal with the situation and tow the ship, allowing it to resume crossing the canal again until it stops at the nearest point in the Balah area to fix the malfunction.

It is noteworthy that the Glory ship has a length of 225 meters, a width of 32 meters, with a tonnage of 41 thousand tons.

The navigational reports record the crossing of 51 ships from both directions, the number of ships passing from the north direction is 25 ships, and from the south direction 26 ships pass through the new navigation channel.