I did this but it wasn't so much the Suez Canal but Whixall Moss Canal.
I was sub worker for a piling out fit and the only way we could get the steel up the canal was by a barge. Before setting off I was told that the rudder was slightly bent and that it was difficult to control. Off we set in our open barge fully loaded and you couldn't have fired a dart as straight as the course I plotted. We offloaded the steel and due to that part of the canal being narrow, we had to return the barge immediately and I was given the job due to doing so well on the outward journey. Off we set again and I was causing mayhem on the canal hitting one bank and then the other. I was getting screamed at by other boat owners to stop and let them past and to the delight of amused walkers, I ended up stuck across the canal similar to this cargo ship. I had to get a JCB either side of the canal to push at the stern and forecastle to free me.
Needless to say someone else took over the helm after that.