Shipping activity is set to resume at the Suez Canal after
the Ever Given, a ship stuck in the waterway, was freed.
Ever Given, a vessel headed for Rotterdam, had gotten stuck
in the canal on Tuesday, March 23.
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— مشاريع مصر Egypt (@EgyProjects) March 29, 2021
هيئة قناة السويس تعلن نجاح جهود تعويم سفينة الحاويات الجانحة EVER GIVEN
The Suez Canal Authority announces the success to float the container ship EVER GIVEN#Egypt #Suez #SuezCanal #EVERGIVEN #Evergreen #BreakingNews|#قناة_السويس pic.twitter.com/Fwxp7yEi7f
Egypt’s Suez Canal is one of the world’s busiest shipping channels and the shortest shipping route between Asia and Europe
The 200,000-tonne ship is the length of four football
pitches with the capacity of carrying 20,000 containers.
Tracking data by Lloyd List, a shipping news journal,
estimates that 370 ships are waiting to pass through the canal, including bulk
carriers and crude tankers
Explaining the incident that led to the blockage, the Suez
Canal Authority said the vessel was unable to maintain a straight path due to
high winds and reduced visibility caused by a sand storm.
Horns sounded in celebration as the refloated ship moved
north toward Bitter Lake after being freed from the mud.
The rescue operation had involved the use of dredging and excavation work spanning through days.
A team from Smit Salvage, a Dutch firm, also joined efforts
in refloating the Ever Given.
The grounded ship had also blocked an estimated $9.6
billion (N3.93 trillion) worth of goods per day.
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