Oil tanker runs aground in Suez Canal as authorities scrap to avoid economic disaster

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The Daily Mirror reports.World trade ground to a halt with the Ever Given, that had 18,300 containers on board, completely blocking the Suez Canal last year.READ MORE:Giant 9,000-person ship must sell for £900m or it'll be scrapped before first voyageThanks to GPS imaging, it shows the Affinity V blocking the entire width of the canal.According to two navigational sources, two tug boats were in the process of releasing the Singapore-flagged ship on Wednesday night as it was blocking traffic from moving along the Suez Canal.There are reports streaming in from the Suez Canal Authority, who say that the ship has now been refloated.Shortly after the incident, the official Twitter account for the Suez Canal Authority put out a statement."Immediately after the accident, a working group was formed under the leadership of the Lieutenant-General," the tweet read."The head of the authority and the navigation monitors, and coordination was made with the Port Tawfiq Movement Office to take the necessary measures, as five locomotives and the rescue department of the authority were paid to quickly deal with the situation and float the ship."To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Following the success of the operation, the Suez Canal Authority confirmed the accomplishment of the mission, headed by the Lieutenant-General Osama Rabie."Lieutenant-General Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, announced today, Thursday, the success of the rescue units and the authority’s tugs in saving and floating the 64 thousand-ton fuel tanker AFFINITY."[AFFINITY] ran aground at the 143 kilometre, numbering 143 channel due to a technical malfunction at the ship’s rudder, which caused the.