Vessel ran aground at 43 km mark, with no damages reported. Three hours later vessel was re-floated and secured to a buoy with the help of Suez Canal Authority (SCA) technical team
On April 3rd 2011 at 12:40, Suez canal traffic was blocked for over three hours after containership ZIM Shekou ran aground due to technicalfailure.
Vessel ran aground at 43 km mark, with no damages reported. Three hours later vessel was re-floated and secured to a buoy with the help of Suez Canal Authority (SCA) technical team. After that, traffic has resumed without problems.
ZIM Shekou - IMO 9322322, dwt 52,000 ton, capacity TEU4, 250, Length: 260.0m Beam: 32.0m, flag Liberia, manager Rickmers Reederei GmbH & Cie. KG, Hamburg.
SCA media spokesman, Tarek Hassanein, told the state-owned Middle East News Agency that the sudden technical failure of the 42,000-ton container ship Zim Shekou, did not cause damage to other ships and did not lead to oil spills in the canal.
Traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal resumed Sunday evening.
ZIM Shekou ran aground and blocked Suez Canal
Vessel ran aground at 43 km mark, with no damages reported. Three hours later vessel was re-floated and secured to a buoy with the help of Suez Canal Authority (SCA) technical team
11.04.11 / 00:00
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