Suez Canal blocked again after ship runs aground

Other vessels diverted down parallel channel before problem with bulk carrier fixed

on Thursday, blocking the busy trade route and forcing other vessels to be diverted down a parallel channel.

Coral Crystal, a Panama-flagged bulk carrier with a cargo of 43,000 tonnes, suffered from a temporary problem on its way southwards through the canal, the Suez Canal Authority confirmed.Tracking website MarineTraffic showed Coral Crystal moving southwards again on Thursday afternoon using her own engine and heading for Port Sudan, a city in eastern Sudan.

MarineTraffic showed Coral Crystal had been briefly stuck just south of the Egyptian city of El Qantara. Reports said it took just 15 minutes for tug boats dispatched to the site to successfully refloat the ship.The NationalAt this point in the canal, two channels exist – one for traffic heading north, the other for ships tracking south – thanks to a multi-billion dollar infrastructure project commissioned by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in 2015.

A satellite image shows the Ever Given container ship lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway

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