Two tankers collided on the Suez Canal last night (22 August) blocking the canal traffic for a few hours.
The Suez Canal Authority deployed tugboats to move the two ships and the movement along the canal resumed.
The vessels involved in the accident were Burri, a Cayman island tanker, and the BW Lesmes, a Singapore-flagged LNG tanker, according to MarineTraffic.
The Suez Canal Authority mentioned that one of the tankers had broken down, but did not identify which one.
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