Crew members are safe
A ship from Panama carrying 3,000 tonnes of goods sank at a dock in a Suez Canal port on Thursday as a result of a punctured hull.
All of the ship’s crew members were safely rescued by teams who rushed to the scene immediately after the shipwreck, Head of Egypt’s Red Sea Ports, Rear Admiral Abdulqader Jaballah said, quoted by Middle East News Agency (MENA).
Operations to safely carry the ship out of the water are being carried out, the official said, adding that the incident has not whatsoever affected traffic at the port.
Source: KUNA