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Ship traffic slowed in the Suez Canal on April 6, 2021, at 8.23 a.m. as the 'Rumford' was facing difficulties in the south of the canal. The canal authority notified companies that the vessel had encountered engine trouble during the Northbound transit of the waterway, and that it had sent the tugs 'Tim Hope' and 'Mosaed 3' to assist. The engines were restarted at 9:29 a.m. UTC. A speed of 7,7 knots was resumed at 10:03 a.m., and the ship resumed its passage to Sidi Kerir with an ETA as of April 7. Six ships held up behind the stricken tanker were all on the move again by the same time.

The "Maria Bottiglieri" which had veered off course at the Hoofdplaat and run aground on the Wester Scheldt in the afternoon of Oct 26, 2017, at 2.15 p.m. off Borssele, berthed at the ATPC Antwerp Terminal on Oct 27 at 5.30 p.m. to unload its cargo Nafta from Port Neches. The fully loaded tanker had been brought to Everingen for inspections after having refloated at 3.20 p.m. with the rising tide by the tugs "Multratug 3", "Multratug 9", "Union 4", "Union Ruby" and "Patrol". The patrol boat "P 41" established a security zone. The tanker was not damaged and there was no danger to the environment. The cause of the grounding was still unknown. The ship left the port of Antwerp again on Oct 31 at 12.30 p.m. and headed to Ust-Luga, ETA Nov 5. Dutch reports with photos: http://www.tugspotters.com/app/content/2017/10/maria-bottiglieri-vastgelopen-borssele/ https://www.pzc.nl/walcheren/244-meter-lang-schip-met-nafta-gestrand-op-westerschelde~a18b838e/ https://www.schuttevaer.nl/nieuws/zeevaart/nid27542-olietanker-aan-de-grond-in-pas-van-borssele.html http://www.tugspotters.com/app/content/2017/10/maria-bottiglieri-antwerpen-27-10-2017/

Aframax tanker MARIA BOTTIGLIERI ran aground on Western Scheldt up Vissingen abeam of Borssele, Netherlands, at around 1300 UTC Oct 26, while proceeding upstream, en route from USA to Antwerp. Tanker in full load was refloated about an hour and a half later, with the help of at least three tugs. She resumed moving upstream at around 1330 UTC, at a low speed of some 4 knots. At 1415 UTC tanker, surrounded by tugs, stopped, looking like she’s in the process of anchoring. Most probably, she’s to be anchored for survey and investigation. AIS track prior to grounding looks like tanker suffered mechanical failure or lost control.