By Reuters Staff
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ISMAILIA (Egypt) (Reuters) - Traffic in the Suez canal was not affected by an oil tanker’s sudden engine failure on Tuesday, the canal authority said, adding that the vessel had been fixed and started up again.
A ship is seen after sailing through Suez Canal, in Ismailia, Egypt April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Shipping websites MarineTraffic and TankerTrackers said earlier that marine traffic had slowed in canal as oil tanker M/T Rumford appeared to face difficulties in the southern part.
“The authority dealt quickly with a sudden failure in the engine of one of the ships crossing the canal, the oil tanker Rumford, with a payload of 62,000 tonnes, while crossing the canal among the southern convoy,” the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a statement.