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« on: February 02, 2013, 09:11:45 AM »
The Danish container ship Emma Maersk, which was the world's largest when it was launched in 2006, Friday major problems in the Suez Canal.
According to Egyptian media began the 400 meter long ship suddenly taking on water in the engine room and was sinking in the busy channel.
The ship managed to get to the jetty port city of Port Said, where it was immediately started pumping. The reason that it took in water is not known.
- The situation is under control and being handled quickly to avoid further complications, a spokesman for the traffic authorities canal by the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram.
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