Body of crew member of sunken tugboat after collision in Suez Canal recovered

CAIRO – 7 August 2023: The body of the missing worker of the sunken tugboat that collided with a giant tanker in the Suez Canal was recovered on Sunday evening, said Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chief Admiral Osama Rabie.

 

 

The dead body was found in the cabin of the sunken tugboat “Fahd” at a depth of 24 meters and was sent to the nearest hospital to hand it over to his relatives, Rabie added, offering his condolences to the worker’s relatives

 

 

Yesterday, six others were rescued. The deceased was an Egyptian mechanic from Port Said called Sayed Moussa, Reuters quoted his family as saying.

 

 

In a statement, Rabie said a SCA salvage team and the salvage crane Inkaz have been deployed to recover the tugboat Fahd after it collided with 230-meter Hong Kong-flagged LPG tanker Chinagas Legend.

 

 

The oil tanker was sailing among the south convoy at the canal on its journey from Singapore to the United States when the incident took place. The tugboat sank after it was flooded with water due to the collision.

 

 

The tanker is currently anchored in Port Said until the required measures are finalized, Rabie said, noting that a detailed report about the cause of the incident and the condition of the crew members is currently being prepared.

 

 

Chinagas Legend is 230 meters long with a beam of 36 meters and a draft of 27 feet, while its gross tonnage is 52,000 tons, according to the SCA.