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Adm. Rabiee: "We've immediately handled the breakdowns sustained by an LNG carrier and a tanker during their transit through the Canal, and navigation will go back to normal in both directions within the coming hours" 23 August 2023 Adm. Ossama Rabiee, Chairman and Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority, has announced that the SCA's maritime salvage tugboats have successfully immediately handled the navigational emergencies and technical failure sustained by an LNG carrier and a tanker during their transit through the Canal amongst the north convoy in the early morning hours of Wednesday. SCA Chairman clarified that a slight contact has occurred between the LNG carrier BW LESMES and the tanker BURRI that followed, as BW LESMES made a sudden stop in the water way at km 144 (Canal marking) due to a technical failure in steering and machinery which led to loss of steering; such failures coincided with a strong water current that led the tanker BURRI to make a slight contact with the broken-down LNG carrier. Adm. Rabiee confirmed that SCA tugboats have succeeded in handling the navigational emergency situation by towing and mooring the tanker BURRI, while connecting the tow lines of four other tug boats to the broken-down carrier LESMES and commencing its towing operation by the salvage tugboat EZZAT ADEL of a bollard pull capacity of 160 tons besides the tug boats MOSAHEB 2, SUEZ 1 and SUEZ 2. H.E added that in that same regard that towing works of the LNG carrier BW LESMES out of the navigational waterway have been completed. H.E. has stated that initial inspections have showed that there were no significant damages or any pollution incidents in the vicinity of the LNG carrier and the tanker. However, the crew of the tanker BURRI has reported a sudden steering failure that require the towing assistance of SCA tugboats until the failure is repaired; whereas two SCA tugboats "MISR AL GADEEDA" and "MOSAHEB 3" were deployed to tow the tanker. The Singapore-flagged LNG carrier BW LESMES is 295 m. long, 46 m. in width, and is of a tonnage of 121,000 tons, while the tanker BURRI is approx. 250 m. in length, 44 m. in width, and is of a tonnage of 67,000 tons. H.E. conveyed a message of assurance that navigation will be back to normal in both directions within few hours, as the north convoy will resume its transit once the tanker BURRI is towed outside the navigational waterway. Adm. Rabiee concluded his statement by emphasizing the SCA's readiness to handle any potential emergency professionally through an integrated system brimming with navigation experts, accumulated expertise and marine units specialized in maritime salvage operation, navigational security, and pollution control. 
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