Cargo ship goes aground, is refloated in Egypt’s Suez Canal

By SAMY MAGDY
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — The Suez Canal Authority says a cargo ship that went aground in the Egyptian waterway has been refloated. Canal services firm Leth Agencies said on Monday that the MV Glory ran aground near the city of Qantara in the Suez Canal province of Ismailia. The head of the canal authority says the Glory suffered a sudden technical failure and the canal deployed four tugboats to help refloat it. He said the vessel was being withdrawn to a nearby maritime park to fix the problem. Officials had no details on what caused the vessel to run aground. Parts of Egypt, including its northern provinces, experienced a wave of bad weather on Sunday.