Suez Canal: Tanker collision disrupts traffic at Suez Canal: Egypt authorities

Cairo: Two tankers carrying oil products and liquefied natural gas collided in the Suez Canal, disrupting traffic through the global waterway, Egyptian authorities said Wednesday.
The Suez Canal authority said the BW Lesmes, a Singapore-flagged tanker, suffered a mechanical malfunction Tuesday night and ran aground while transiting through the canal. The Burri, a Cayman Island-flagged oil products tanker, collided with the broken vessel. The collision disrupted traffic, a statement said. The two tankers were part of a convoy transiting through from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. “We’ve immediately handled the breakdowns… and traffic will go back to normal within the coming hours,” said head of canal authority Ossama Rabei.