Suez Canal Set to Resume Normal Traffic After Collision

Suez Canal Set to Resume Normal Traffic After Collision
A tugboat works to refloat the Oil Products Tanker BURRI after it collided with LNG Tanker BW Lesmes in the waterway of the Suez Canal, Egypt, on Aug. 23, 2023. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via Reuters
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CAIRO—Normal traffic is expected to resume through the Suez Canal within hours, the head of the canal authority said on Wednesday, following the collision of two vessels.

“Slight contact” was made after liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier BW Lesmes made a sudden stop due to a technical failure that coincided with a strong current that drove oil tanker Burri towards it, authority chairman Osama Rabie said.