A tugboat has been recovered from the Suez Canal after it sank following a collision with a Hong Kong-flagged VLGC.
Admiral Ossama Rabiee, the managing director of the Suez Canal Authority, said traffic was not affected by the operation to recover the tugboat Fahd.
It went down on Saturday after damage to its hull following a collision with the 84,000-cbm Chinagas Legend (built 2020).
The chief mechanic of the tug, El-Sayed Ali Mohamed Mousa, died in the accident while six other crew members were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment.
The recovery operation involved divers swimming down 27m into the canal, said Rabiee.
The VLGC, owned by Fortune Oil in Hong Kong, was not damaged.
Tracking data showed the gas carrier off Port Said, Egypt. It was heading to the United States from Singapore to the United States loaded with 52,000 metric tons of LPG.
Fortune Oil is said to be closely linked with Hong Kong-listed China Gas Holdings (CGH), China’s largest integrated gas services operator.
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