On July 15, 2018, at 6.30 p.m. the container ship “Aeneas” ran aground in the Suez Canal when the ship was transiting the canal in a southbound convoy. The ship was en route from Southampton to Singapore and towed to the southern Suez anchorage. As a cause of the grounding, the “Panamax Alexander”, “Sakizaya Kalon” and “Osios David” ran into each other in convoy heading southbound through the canal. The “Aeneas” was the 20th ship out of 27 in the convoy. The following ships avoided striking the “Aeneas”, but instead hit each other leading to the southern part of the channel being closed for several hours. The “Osios David” sailed to Suez, while the “Panamax Alexander” and the “Sakizaya Kalon” were towed and anchored to the Great Bitter Lake. While the “Panamax Alexander” was being pulled to the Great Bitter Lake, it collided once again, this time with the container ship “NYK Orpheus”.
https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Aeneas-9426790.html
https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Panamax-Alexander-9233492.html
https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Sakizaya-Kalon-9749908.html
https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Osios-David-9593361.html
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