Hope grows for moving a ship trapped in Suez Canal

The entrepreneurship of the GAC navigation logistics announced that several remotivaters and escaves have been put to work to reopen trade to one of the world's most important waterways. Although the ship is still trapped, there are now some „small moves”.

The 400m long ship and 59m wide Tuesday (23.03) as a result of a desert storm emerged from the course, and on the banks were stuck on the sea floor. Colly 224,000 tons is one of the world's largest cargo ships that have blocked the entire circulation through the Suez Canal during these days.

In all, 213 cargo ships worth billions of dollars have been blocked. German enterprises also fear poverty in some sectors in terms of the supply of goods. Admiral Usama Rabin, chairman of the Egyptian authority of the Suez Canal, said that during the action of remocators for ship movement, a number of factors play a role, primarily wind direction and tides. This is a „complicated technical display”.

Even the tide can help

Dutch consultancy entrepreneurship Smitt Savage hopes, that <x0Ever Given Given” will be able to sail again at the beginning of the week. The „With our ships on the scene, declassified data already with escaves, as well as with the big tide arriving on Sunday (28.03) in the evening, we hope to free the boat from the channel at the beginning of the week”, chief of Smitt Savage Concer, Boskalis, Peter Berdowski, said on Dutch television. The action will probably take more time if some containers are to be downloaded to ease the weight of the giant ship, he said. Meanwhile, a crane is being installed to move from the ship's deck hundreds of containers. „Ever Given” is completely stuck in the sand, but not the stern. This can serve as a lever to free the ship.

Most favourable trade circulation.

The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, thus providing the shortest sea route between Asia and Europe. Each year along this sea route, some 18,000 ships sail. In 2019, about 13 percent of the world's total trade volume was circulated through this channel. Meanwhile, Hamburg's shipping company Hapag-Loyed has begun to divert its commercial ships on the indirect route from the Cape of Good Hope. The voyage on this route lasts a week longer than through the Suez Canal. Hapag-Loyed actually has five ships stuck in the canal. Another problem is that sailing along the western coast of Africa, especially in the Gulf of Guinea, is found dangerous because of pirate attacks.