Navigation in the Suez Canal is working on a regular basis and has not been impacted by a malfunction in the engines of one of the ships crossing the canal on Tuesday, the head of the Suez Canal Authority Osama Rabie assured. He responded to reports from several media outlets claiming that another ship in the canal had stopped. Rabie said in press statements that the navigation reports on Tuesday recorded 84 ships crossing in both directions, with a total net tonnage of 5.3 million tons. In addition, there is available infrastructure to deal with emergency situations, especially after the opening of the new Suez Canal project. The ship smoothly crossed the canal after the malfunction was fixed.

Source: Egypt Independent April 06, 2021 14:26 UTC