One week super ships sealed Suez channel
In 6 days, billions of dollars in international goods are numb at the two ends of the Suez Canal, due to the escruating by the Container Ever Given.
About 1.5 million employees have to work for 10 years to build Suez Canal Line in Egypt in the 19th century. But Super Cars Ever Given operated by Evergreen shipping company only takes a day to make it
The insurance companies of the ship and the channel management agencies have used the largest tugs in the canal and then also mobilized ships from other areas.
But it was not until Saturday that due to the unusually high tide, the new ship stopped being stuck at around 3 p.m., making the 400 ships waiting to continue their journey on the evening of March 29.
Ever Given ship at Suez Canal on March 29.
Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in the world with a total tonnage of more than 200,000 tons, sealing the Suez canal when moving from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.
Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp operator said the ship, on its way from China to the Netherlands, "ran aground due to high winds".
According to standard procedure, two Egyptian pilots would have boarded the ship before she entered the canal to help guide the way, even though the ship's captain was the final decision maker.
The ship blocked the road to transport where more than 10% of global maritime trade passed, mostly oil and cereals.
Congestion has hit the world oil markets because of delivery delays.
Egypt loses about $ 12-14 million in revenue from the canal every day when it is closed, while Lloyd's List estimates the congestion holds about $ 9.6 billion in goods a day between Asia and Europe.
Peter Berdowski, chief executive of Royal Boskalis Westminster, the parent company of Dutch rescue company Smit Salvage, says the pressure of time to rescue the ship is "unprecedented".
The rescue effort took place day and night with a total of 11 tugboats deployed, the excavators dredging 30,000 cubic meters of sand and mud around the bow and stern.
The rescue team is also dependent on the high tide, trying to make progress in six hours of rising water a day.
Until then, the belly of the ship sagged between the bow and the stern, leaving analysts concerned that the hull would crack under pressure.
"It's amazing to do that without pollution and without anyone getting hurt," said John Konrad, the founder of a marine website.
The location of the Suez canal connects the Red Sea and Mediterranean.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi expressed his delight on Twitter.
However, Emily Hannah Stausboll, shipping analyst at BIMCO, the major international shipping association, says that often overly optimistic forecasts by Egyptian officials over the past week have left many shipowners confused.
However, when there is no faster and cheaper option available, the Suez Canal will remain a vital lifeblood for transport operators.
The first ship to pass through after the opening of the Suez Canal was YM Wish, a Hong Kong-flagged container ship more than 360 meters long leaving the canal at around 9:15 a.m.
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