KEY POINTS
  • The Suez Canal Authority said work was underway to tow bulk carrier Glory after it suffered an engine failure Monday morning.
  • Shipping agency Leth said that the vessel had been refloated after running aground.
  • The vessel had loaded 65,970 metric tons of corn from Ukrainian port Chornomorsk on Dec. 25 and was bound for China.
The Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, on Thursday, March 25, 2021.

Work is underway to tow the bulk carrier Glory after it suffered an engine failure in the Suez Canal Monday morning, the canal authority said.

"The authority's marine rescue team dealt professionally with a sudden technical failure of the machines of the bulk vessel GLORY at kilometer 38 passing within the northern convoy on its journey coming from Turkey and heading to China," the Suez Canal Authority said on Twitter, according to a translation.