Another ship got stuck in the Suez Canal, but this time there was no traffic jam worldwide

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It has happened again.

On Thursday, the Suez Canal Authority was forced to deal with another boat stranded on the heavily trafficked waterway.

But this time there was no traffic jam worldwide.

The coral crystal, which measures 225 meters long and 32 wide, passed through the canal with a load of 401 tons when it ran aground.

It is unclear why it ran aground, but apparently the bulk carrier was only trapped for a short time; some international reports said it only took 15 minutes.

Luckily, he was trapped in a double-lane section of the canal, so other ships could continue their course in another lane.

A ship with the name
The Suez Canal Authority says the grounding was a “very brief grounding incident.”(

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Earlier this year another boat stayed on the canal for much longer.

The 440-meter-long Ever Done was minted on the canal for six days, creating a massive traffic jam and causing delays in international transport, as ships were forced to turn around in Africa instead of passing. by the channel.

A large container ship sank laterally into a canal.
Evergreen-owned Ever Give was trapped in the Suez Canal for nearly a week. (

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It was then held on the Great Bitter Lake for about three months while a financial dispute was resolved between the ship’s owners and the Suez Canal Authority.

The Ever Give finally arrived at its intended destination, the Dutch port of Rotterdam, more than 100 days after being trapped.

Two tugs were heading for a bulk ship.
The tugs release the Crystal Coral in a “professional” way. (

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No doubt, painfully aware of the saga of memes that never occurred, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) was at the forefront of this latest obstruction.

He issued a statement entitled “Uninterrupted Channel Traffic” shortly after the release of Coral Crystal tweeted the following specific request:

“The authority calls on all media to be accurate in what is published, not to pay attention to news from unknown sources and to rely on the official information of the Suez Canal and the news published by the ‘authority’.

– Suez Canal Authority

Authority chairman Ossama Rabiee said his team had “sufficient technical safety and navigation capabilities, as well as the infrastructure needed to deal with emergencies.”

He described the situation as a “very brief event”:

“The incident was resolved professionally with the help of SCA tugs and the ship resumed its traffic on the canal.

“The traffic was not affected in any way as it was directed to the eastern branch of the Al-Ballah ring road.”

– Suez Canal Authority

Subsequently, the SCA tweeted about the video of the moving ship after it was released.

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However, even though the whole situation ended quickly, there were still many reactions on Twitter:

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