Suez Canal Serves International Navigation

Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mameesh said on 3/2/2013 to the international maritime community and ships passing through the Canal that the Suez Canal with all its expertise and capabilities is available 24-hours to provide services to the world trade. This came during his visit to the containers platform in East Port Said to check the giant Danish container ship which was subjected to a sudden malfunction in propeller during entering the Canal on Friday. Mameesh said that authorities have started unloading the Danish ship. The three-day operation comes in cooperation with the Suez Canal Authority's rescue crews, Mameesh said. He asserted that the accident did not impede navigation in the waterway and that traffic is working as usual.