Tuesday, May 3, 2016

MSC box ship grounds in the Suez Canal Friday



The container vessel MSC Fabiola, with reported engine trouble, ran aground Thursday at the southern end of the Suez Canal, reportedly blocking traffic.

The 153,514-DWT container ship grounded 144Km
in the Suez Canal at about 1630 hours local time on
April 28.

It was number 10 in Southbound Convoy (of 20 vessels). The rest of Southbound Convoy (8 vessels) were detained.

The Fabiola was refloated on Saturday.


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