Suez Canal blocked after oil tanker gets stuck; How Affinity V was refloated
Published on Sept 02, 2022 12:28 pm IST
- The Suez Canal, one of world's most important & busiest maritime trade routes gets disrupted. An oil tanker got stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal after a technical fault in its rudder. The 252 metre (827-foot) vessel, Affinity V, had drifted to obstruct the southern section of the canal while travelling in a southbound convoy of ships on August 31. The incident occurred in the same single-lane stretch of the canal where cargo ship the 'Ever Given', ran aground in March 2021 & disrupted trade route for 6 days. Watch this video to know how Affinity V was refloated.
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