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Bloomberg News, citing Les Agencies, which manages passage through the Suez Canal, reported that the Glory, a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk ship, ran aground while passing through the canal on the same day. The ship left Ukraine on December 25th and was on its way to China.
No specific cause for the ship's grounding has been identified at this time. However, Bloomberg reported that bad weather the day before had intensified the flow.
The Suez Canal is an important sea route connecting Asia and Europe. By 2021, 30% of the world's container traffic will pass through the Suez Canal. This is because choosing a route that circumvents the African continent instead of the Suez Canal would extend the voyage by about a week.
In 2021, the container ship Ever Given ran aground, paralyzing the Suez Canal for 11 days. The Egyptian government estimated the loss from the canal paralysis at $1 billion.
The hull length of the ship that ran aground this time is 225 meters, which is narrower than the width of the canal (300 meters). The head of the Suez Canal Authority told Al-Arabiya, a local media outlet, that "(although the ship ran aground) there was no impact on the navigation of other ships." The "Les Agencies" expects operations to return to full normal around 11 am local time.
2023/01/15 09:23 KST
