A container ship carrying over 65,000 metric tons of Ukrainian corn ran aground in the Suez Canal on Monday, evoking nervous recollections of the March 2021 disaster in which a similar ship called MV Ever Given blocked the vital canal for six agonizing days. Fortunately, the ship that ran aground on Monday, MV Glory, was refloated in a matter of hours without severe disruption to canal traffic. The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said Monday that MV Glory suffered an unspecified “sudden technical failure” while transiting the canal. MV Glory was about 24 miles into the 120-mile Suez Canal when it experienced its technical malfunction. The Marshall Islands-flagged container ship departed from the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk on Christmas Day, bound for China with its massive cargo of corn.

Source: ABC News January 09, 2023 18:59 UTC