A new tragedy unfolded on Tuesday (01.07.2025) in Suez Bay, several kilometers away from the entrance of Suez Canal where it was noted shipwreck Oil pumping platform, causing at least 4 people to lose their lives.
In the wreck Another 18 people were injured. The accident took place in the Gulf of Suez in the Jabal El Zetic area in northeast Egypt, about 250 kilometers from the entrance of the Suez Canal.
Then the Adam Marine 12 oil pumping platform was overthrown under an unspecified reason, resulting in 4 people being airs. The remaining 18 were treated by ambulances at El Jouna Hospital.
“The corpses another 4 were transferred to the General Hospital in Hourgada,” the health ministry said via X.
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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Haled Abdel Gafar, as well as the ministers of oil and labor, are closely monitoring the situation.
The Suez Canal, in the homonymous gulf, is a maritime route of strategic importance for transport from Asia to Europe and vice versa.
About 12% of the commodities marketed worldwide passed through it before the end of 2023 the rebel attacks began Houthi Yemen against ships in the Red Sea, in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as they point out.
In 2021, a 200,000 -ton container ship, Ever Given, struck the Suez Canal by closing it for 6 days, causing an acute problem in international trade by sea.