Tugs have succeeded in freeing a CMA CGM containership that had grounded in the Suez Canal.
The 9,448-teu CMA CGM Missouri (built 2016) was heading southbound when it ran aground on Wednesday morning near Port Said.
German manager Zeaborn Ship Management said in a statement on Thursday that the vessel had been refloated in Great Bitter Lake.
"The ship grounded on 14 October whilst under pilotage and in transit in the Canal," the company added.
"There were no injuries to the crew and no pollution occurred as a result of the incident."
The manager confirmed the Suez Canal remained open for traffic following the grounding and the consequent refloating operation.
The vessel was being moved to a safe anchorage at Great Bitter Lake for a survey and underwater inspection.
Zeaborn said the hull is intact.
"The exact cause of the grounding is yet unknown. A full investigation into the incident will be conducted," the manager added.
The FleetMon website said earlier attempts by several Suez Canal Authority tugs to refloat the vessel had failed.
The 300-metre vessel is due in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on 16 October, having left Greece earlier this week.
Shipping agency GAC's Suez Canal office told TradeWinds that it had no updates on the grounding, but said traffic had not been affected and the rest of the convoy of which the ship had been part of was able to continue.
Over the weekend, a former CMA CGM container vessel grounded off Vietnam while under tow to a recycling yard.
Video footage showed the 1,180-teu Jakarta (built 2002) with a cracked hull and a broken back on the coast north of Danang.
The ship had puzzled local authorities, who found it washed up with no crew on board.
But its owner, Indian cash buyer NKD Maritime, later confirmed the vessel had run aground during very heavy weather and sea conditions on 10 October.
