The cargo ship “Ever done” blocked and blocked traffic on the Suez Canal
Source: Reuters
The massive container ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal, stopping traffic on one of the busiest waterways in the world, is still trapped after there appeared to be little progress on Wednesday to evacuate the ship.
The ship, called Ever given, sank horizontally on the waterway after strong winds. Several tugs were sent to the scene to help them re-float, which can take days.
Around 4pm ET, a spokesman for Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, who is the ship’s technical manager, said the ship was still stranded with ongoing refloating efforts.
The huge cargo carrier is more than 1,300 feet long and about 193 feet wide. It weighs more than 200,000 tons. One end of the ship was minted on one side of the canal, and the other extended to the other shore.
The 120-mile-long man-made waterway is a key point in world trade, connecting a steady stream of goods from east to west.
From consumer products to parts of machinery and oil circulates through its waters.
Nearly 19,000 ships passed through the canal during 2020, for an average of 51.5 daily, according to the Suez Canal Authority. The ship was sailing from China to Rotterdam when it ran aground.
Satellite images showed an accumulation of boats at both ends of the waterway as the Ever Done stopped the flow of traffic.
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