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Date 29.03.2021

Ever Given ship successfully refloated in Suez Canal

The Ever Given has been "partially refloated" in what appears to be a first step to dislodging it from the Suez Canal. The container ship has been blocking the canal for nearly a week, holding up billions in trade.

The Ever Given ship  was successfully turned by an Egyptian crew in the Suez Canal early Monday morning, after it was stuck for nearly a week, according to canal authorities.

The massive ship's grounding impeded international trade, resulting in a pileup with hundreds of vessels in the canal.

What is the latest?

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) confirmed in a statement that the ship is now partially floated and turned in the "right direction." Canal service firms and maritime service providers previously reported the ship was once again afloat.

The authority's chief, Osama Rabie, said workers used "pulling maneuvers" to move the ship.

The shipping traffic monitoring site, MarieTraffic.com, said satellite data showed the ship's bow has been moved, but there is "still some work to do."

Videos posted by several reporters on Twitter showed tug boat teams celebrating as the front of the ship appeared to be moving in the canal once again.

Other videos showed the ship positioned straight in the canal, no longer fully wedged across.

It's still unclear when the canal will reopen for traffic now that the vessel has been dislodged.

Excavators have been working around the clock to dig out and vacuum up a massive amount of sand and mud around the ship, while tug boat crews have been working to reposition it.

What happens next?

The SCA said tug boat teams will resume work again later this morning when water levels in the canal rise in a bid to completely free the stuck ship.

The process "will resume when water flow increases again from 11:30 local time [0930 UTC/GMT]... in order to completely refloat the vessel, so as to reposition it in the middle of the waterway."

Canal officials say the high tide should enable tug teams to pull the boat further into the center of the canal.

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https://www.dw.com/en/ever-given-ship-successfully-refloated-in-suez-canal/a-57034974

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Egyptian President declares the crisis over, although its not actually clear the bow of the vessel has been removed from the bank yet.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/suez-canal-egypts-president-declares-end-to-container-ship-crisis-as-ever-given-starts-to-move/ar-BB1f4tJJ?ocid=UE13DHP&li=BBoPWjQ

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Well, its moving.

Amusing hot take from a couple of days ago; the blockage has been purported to impact the US's toilet paper supply. Of course, most of us have enough TP to last months, but there will still be a panic run in all likelihood.

Cries of relief from the global economy. Except the meme industry, which will stumble until the next big news story hits.

 

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8 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

We should send it to Crimea, it might do some good there. :D

Very nice, kind of a reverse Trojan horse.

"We're sorry POTUS called you a killer, let us gift you with a container ship and crew."

 

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33 minutes ago, WRW said:

Hopefully this will not inspire future intentional actions. Vulnerapility has been shown

The neocon globalist types have learned nothing in 10 years of discussion about how disastrously vulnerable our sea communications are, so it follows they will learn nothing from this episode either.  

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On 3/29/2021 at 8:17 PM, Stuart Galbraith said:

We should send it to Crimea, it might do some good there. :D

In Crimea, Ochakov ship sink in narrows to keep ukraine boat inside:

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Jam cleared, Egypt demands hefty compensation.

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Last of 400 stranded ships pass through Suez Canal as compensation case looms

Posted Yesterday at 1:03am

The last of 400 ships blocked at Egypt's Suez Canal have now passed through the waterway, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said.

The canal was blocked on March 23 when the Ever Given -- one of the world's largest container ships -- got stuck diagonally across its width.

The 224,000-ton Panama-flagged vessel was grounded in a narrow section of the canal after losing the ability to steer amid high winds and a sandstorm, which led to temporary suspension of navigation in the man-made waterway.

The ship was freed several days ago and all vessels that were left waiting at either end of the canal have now passed through, the SCA announced on Saturday.

Authorities have opened an investigation into the incident and the results of that inquiry should be made public early next week. 

The Ever Given is under investigation at the Great Bitter Lake, part of the Suez Canal.

Osama Rabie, chairman of the SCA, said 422 ships with a total net load of 26 million tonnes had passed through the canal since it's reopening, including 85 on Saturday.

Compensation claim could surpass one $US1 billion

The Egyptian government said the Ever Given would not be released until compensation was paid by the vessel's owner.

According to Mr Rabie, the loss could surpass $US1 billion ($1.3 billion).

The Ever Given's technical managers, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, said on Monday that its initial investigations suggested a strong wind had veered the ship off course.

However, in an interview with the privately-owned Sada el-Balad TV on Wednesday, Mr Rabie said he believed the impact of the wind was not the main reason for the incident, and that "technical or human errors" may have been to blame.

"The Suez Canal has never been closed because of bad weather," he said.

Wai Gudula, former member of the Suez Canal administration committee, said Egypt's economic losses included the costs of getting the Ever Given out using "a large number of tugboats and dredgers in the process".

"The refloating progress caused damage to the waterway, which needs money to repair," he said.

He added the closure of the canal had cost about $18 million of revenue every day.

Insiders said although the total compensation has not been determined, this could be the largest ever container ship compensation case.

Linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, the Suez Canal is a major lifeline for global seaborne trade since it allows ships to travel between Europe and South Asia without navigating around Africa, thereby reducing the sea voyage distance between Europe and India by about 7,000 kilometres.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-04/last-stranded-ships-pass-through-suez-canal/100047796

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Whatever movies Egypt may collect, I hope they invest some of it into giant tugs, drdging barges, etc. for the next time.

 

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On 4/5/2021 at 7:40 AM, Ivanhoe said:

Whatever movies Egypt may collect, I hope they invest some of it into giant tugs, drdging barges, etc. for the next time.

 

Monies, not movies. And dredging, not drdging. Geez. I'm bad about typos, but two in one sentence has me worried about the side effects of the vaccine.

Those big giant excavator thingies are beyond cool. But it must be frustrating to own one and not have any holes/ditches to dig. If its base can be stabilized on the banks of the Red Sea, might be a good investment.

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