HONG KONG-flagged and managed containership, the 5,090-TEU Aeneas has been involved in a three-ship ship collision in the the Suez Canal, colliding with a bulk carrier that ran aground
HONG KONG-flagged and managed containership, the 5,090-TEU Aeneas has been involved in a three-ship ship collision in the the Suez Canal, colliding with a bulk carrier that ran aground.
The 63,059-dwt Aeneas, managed by Hong Kong's Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd, was also involved with an as yet unidentified third vessel that collided with the grounded 74,247-dwt Cypriot-flagged bulk carrier, Panamax Alexander.
GAC reported bulk carrier ran aground at the 152 kilometre mark in Suez Canal, near Suez while steaming in a southbound convoy. With it was the Aeneas enroute from Southampton to Singapore.
The grounding blocked the northbound convoy. As of 1300 UTC, southbound convoy was still anchored along canal, waiting for transit. Later reports had her refloated, anchored near grounding site, assisted by two tugs.
