An aerial view of the Gulf of Suez and the Suez Canal are pictured through the window of an airplane on a flight between Cairo and Doha, Egypt, November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File PhotoCAIRO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A Suez Canal tugboat has sunk after colliding with a Hong Kong-flagged LPG tanker in the strategically important waterway, the Suez Canal Authority said on Saturday, without specifying whether there was any disruption to shipping traffic. "The tanker is currently waiting in Port Said until the completion of the procedures related to the accident," Rabie said. The tanker is 230 meters long and 36 meters wide and carries a cargo of 52,000 tons of LPG. Reporting by Yousri Mohammed; Writing by Hatem Maher; Editing by Angus MacSwan and David HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: Amr Abdallah Dalsh, Fahd, Osama Rabie, Rabie, Yousri Mohammed, Hatem Maher, Angus MacSwan, David Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Suez Canal Authority, Thomson Locations: Gulf, Suez, Cairo, Doha, Egypt, CAIRO, Hong Kong, Singapore, United States, Port Said