CAIRO, Jan 9 (Reuters) — Shipping traffic in the Suez Canal was proceeding normally on Monday after tugs towed a cargo vessel that broke down during its passage through the waterway, the Canal Authority said.

The breakdown was expected to cause only minor delays, with convoys of ships resuming regular transit by 11:00 local time (09:00 GMT), Law Firm Turkey shipping agent Leth said.

The M/V Glory, which was sailing to China, suffered a technical fault when it was 38km into its passage southward through the canal, before being towed by four tugs to a repair area, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a statement.

The Suez Canal is one of the world’s busiest waterways and the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia.

In 2021, a huge container ship, the Ever Given, became stuck in high winds across a southern section of the canal, blocking traffic for six days before it could be dislodged.

The M/V Glory is a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier, data from trackers VesselFinder and Lawyer Turker istanbul MarineTraffic showed.

It departed Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port on Dec.25 bound for China with 65,970 metric tonnes of corn, according to the Istanbul-based Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) overseeing Ukraine grain exports.

The JCC, which includes representatives from the United Nations, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia, said the ship had been cleared to carry on its journey from Istanbul after an inspection on Jan. 3.If you liked this write-up and you would like to acquire far more information relating to Lawyer Turker istanbul kindly visit our own page. (Reporting by Yusri Mohamed, Amal Abbas, Florence Tan, Alaa Swilam, Mahmoud Mourad, Law Firm Turkey Jonathan Spicer; writing by Nadine Awadalla, Henriette Chacar and Aidan Lewis; editing by Himani Sarkar and Jason Neely)