Egypt State Information Service (Cairo)

Egypt: Memish - Navigation in Suez Canal Water-Way Normal

24 November 2012

Vice Admiral Mohab Memish head of the Suez Canal Authority said the authority's technicians managed at dawn Friday 23/11/2012 to tow the Panamanian vessel "FGMADMRAL" at the eastern bank of the Suez Canal after its machine became out of order and that navigation at the international water-way is proceeding normally now.

The vessel was among vessels of the first north convoy and when it had the malfunction of its machines, the rescue operation by the Authority technicians began and it has been towed from the kilometer 63.

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