Admiral Rabie confirmed that it was not a serious incident and that the ship would now be tugged to “kilometre 51" of the canal to clear the waterway's backlog of delayed vessels.“We dealt professionally with the motor malfunction of the Glory's machinery that happened during its transit through the canal.”The ship, a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier reportedly carrying more than 65,000 tonnes of corn from Ukraine bound for China, will be escorted on its journey out of the canal by several canal guides, Admiral Rabie confirmed.The officer, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the ship had been allocated the number four position in the queue in the morning, resulting in a backlog of 19 other ships between Port Said and where the MV Glory ran aground.The MV Glory was reportedly inspected on January 3 by the Joint Co-ordination Centre, which monitors the UN-brokered grain shipments and includes Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian and UN staffers.In 2021, the canal was blocked for six days when the Ever Given ran aground, leaving hundreds of ships stuck and holding up $9 billion of global trade each day."