CAIRO - A Suez Canal tugboat sank on Saturday and one of its crew was missing after it collided with a Hong Kong-flagged LPG tanker though shipping traffic in the strategically important waterway was largely unaffected, the canal authority said. Convoys of ships passing through the canal from the north were not affected, while the passage of ships travelling from the south returned to normal by about midnight on Saturday, Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a statement. Two canal sources said Chinagas Legend was undamaged by the collision, was functioning normally and had anchored at Port Said. Rabie told local TV that one of the tugboat crew had died. The Suez Canal is the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 06, 2023 05:21 UTC