On October 28, around 12:30 local time, the Russian crude oil tanker "KOMANDER," with a deadweight tonnage of over 150,000 tons, ran aground in the southern section of the Suez Canal due to a main engine failure, briefly disrupting canal navigation. According to an announcement issued by Egypt's agency GAC Egypt to its clients, the oil tanker had a gross tonnage of 78,896, a deadweight tonnage of 150,581 DWT, a length of 274.2 meters, and a width of 48 meters. At the time, it was sailing from the Mediterranean Sea southbound toward the Red Sea and became stranded and grounded at the 48-kilometer mark of the canal (from the northern entrance) due to mechanical failure. The vessel was the 19th ship in the southbound convoy (the last ship in the line), with the preceding 18 southbound vessels unaffected. However, the northbound convoy (comprising a total of 20 ships) was forced to temporarily delay.