Here we hope they have got their boat.
The Ever given, the massive ship that was stranded in the Suez Canal, will attempt to sail there again on Friday after causing an international maritime disaster of nearly a week, according to satellite data.
The Japanese-owned container ship, which caused billions of dollars in trade delays in March, left an Egyptian port and began traveling across the Red Sea to the canal with two tugs on Friday, according to the site. MarineTraffic.com boat tracking.
The monstrous 242,500-ton was shown advancing toward the narrow waterway alongside dozens of other ships with no apparent problems as of Friday afternoon.
But it’s best that all hands are on deck this time around, shipping experts said.
“Fingers crossed … It has never occurred near the Suez Canal,” added a marinetime fan he tweeted.
Others pointed out that the arrival of the ship had caused the blockade of other ships.
“The presence of The Ever Date has also created a massive wave of ships that suddenly no longer want to use the Suez Canal and are leaving the area with remarkable speed,” another Twitter user said. dit Friday.
The ship, which caused a six-day nautical congestion when it landed diagonally on the canal, was finally towed in March by a flotilla of 10 tugs.
After months of negotiations, he docked several weeks ago in the British port of Felixstowe before sailing to Port Said, Egypt, according to The Guardian.
The obstructed canal delayed $ 9 billion every day in world trade and forced supply chains already laden by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The boat’s owner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha, has since argued that the canal’s authority was guilty of allowing Ever Ever to enter the waterway during a sandstorm, according to the outlet.