"One of the terrorist elements has carried out a failed attempt to affect the movement of ships in the Suez Canal by targeting one of the passing ships, Cosco Asia," the head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish said in a statement.
"The attempt failed completely and there was no damage to the ship or the containers it carried. The situation was dealt with strictly by the armed forces," he added.
There are no details of the attempted attack on the Panama-flagged vessel, Reuters reported that two explosions were heard.
The Suez Canal was reported to operating normally following the attempted attack.
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