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Egypt: Tankers Collide in Suez Canal, but Shipping Traffic Normal – Report

Two tankers, which collided in Egypt’s Suez Canal early on Wednesday, were separated, leading to resuming of normal shipping traffic flow, media reports said.

The two tankers, the Singapore-flagged liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier BW Lesmes and the Cayman Islands-flagged oil products tanker Burri, briefly collided in the canal, ship tracking company MarineTraffic said early on Wednesday citing eyewitnesses, Al Jazeera reported.

No further details on the incident were immediately available.

However, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Egypt’s AlQahera News cited Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie as saying that a ship that broke down in the navigation course was starting to be towed, without giving more details.

The Suez Canal is one of the world’s busiest waterways and the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia. About 12 per cent of the world’s trade moves through the canal.

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