Suez Canal blocked again as oil tanker gets stuck; How Affinity V was refloated | Watch

The Suez Canal, one of world's most important & busiest maritime trade routes gets disrupted. An oil tanker got stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal after to a technical fault with its rudder. The 252 metre (827-foot) vessel, Affinity V, had drifted to obstruct the southern section of the canal while travelling in a southbound convoy of ships on August 31. The incident occurred in the same single-lane stretch of the canal where cargo ship the 'Ever Given', ran aground in March 2021 & disrupted trade route for 6 days. Watch this video to know how Affinity V was refloated.