Tanker refloated after running aground in Egypt's Suez Canal

STORY: Tanker refloated after running aground in Egypt's Suez Canal DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the canal's control room and the then-stranded tanker (courtesy of Suez Canal Authority) 2. various of the March 2021's stranded Ever Given STORYLINE: A large oil tanker stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal was refloated late Wednesday, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said on Thursday. "The vessel coming from Portugal ran aground in the Suez Canal at about 7 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) on Wednesday, and tug boats released it into its navigational course five hours later," said George Safwat, spokesperson of the SCA. He added that the vessel, Affinity V, had been blocking the southern section of the canal for a short period, noting that "traffic has returned to normal." The incident took place in the same single-lane stretch of the canal where the Ever Given, a giant cargo ship, ran aground for six days in March 2021, causing disruption in global tr