Two oil tankers collided in the Suez Canal on Tuesday evening. The tankers have been towed away and traffic is expected to be restored within hours. Two oil tankers collided in the Suez Canal on Tuesday evening. The ‘light contact’ came after the BW Lesmes liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker suddenly stopped due to a […]
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Oil tanker leaving Portugal blocked the Suez Canal for five hours
An oil tanker leaving Portugal blocked the Suez Canal for five hours, the canal operator announced, raising fears of a disruption in maritime traffic, similar to the one in March 2021. The tanker Affinity V “ran aground in the Suez Canal at 7:15 p.m.” on Wednesday (6:15 p.m. in Lisbon), a spokesman for the Suez […]
Oil tanker that left Portugal blocked the Suez Canal for five hours
Suez Canal © Wikimedia Commons Author: Lusa An oil tanker leaving Portugal has blocked the Suez Canal for five hours, the canal operator announced, raising fears of a disruption to maritime traffic similar to the one caused in March 2021. The oil tanker Affinity V “ran aground in the Suez Canal at 19:15” on Wednesday […]