Container ship stranded in Suez Canal re-floated
The Hindu
The modest breakthrough came after intensive efforts to push and pull the ship with 10 tugboats.
The stranded container ship was re-floated on Monday and is currently being secured, Inchcape Shipping Services said, raising expectations the vital waterway will soon be reopened. The ship was successfully re-floated at 4.30 a.m. local time and was being secured at the moment, Inchcape, a global provider of marine services, said on Twitter.
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