UPDATE 2 - Suez Canal Authority refloats ship briefly grounded

Glory ship runs aground in waterway before tugs of Suez Canal Authority successfully refloat it

UPDATES WITH SHIP REFLOATED

By Mahmoud Barakat and Abdul-Jabbar Aburas

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (AA) – The Suez Canal Authority on Monday successfully refloated a vessel after it ran aground near the al-Qantara city in the waterway, a shipping company said.

“M/V GLORY has been refloated by the Suez Canal Authority tugs. 21 vessels going southbound will commence/resume their transits,” the shipping company Leth Agencies said on Twitter.

"Only minor delays expected," the company added.

Earlier on Monday, the shipping company said the Glory ship went aground and the canal authority’s tugs were trying to refloat the vessel.

Also, Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, told Al-Arabiya TV that the incident did not affect the traffic through the waterway.

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