It was a Singapore-flagged vessel 🛳
Photograph: Suez Canal Authority /Reuters
On Wednesday, the 250-metre long Affinity V tanker was bound for Saudi Arabia when it ran aground close to the same spot in the narrow southern section of the canal in Egyptin March 2021, dominating global headlines and paralysing supply chains.
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