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The stranded front of the ship
There is a shortage of toilet paper, coffee and furniture all over the world.
Thousands of animals loaded onto at least 20 ships are in danger due to the wreck in the Suez Canal, The Guardian reported. There is a fear that if the blockage lasts too long, the animals may starve or become dehydrated.
“My biggest fear is that the animals will run out of food and water and get stuck in the boats because they cannot be unloaded elsewhere on paper,” said Gerrit Weidinger, EU coordinator for the charity Animals International.
Among the blocked ships are 10 Romanians, loaded with at least 130,000 live animals.
Traffic through the Suez Canal has been blocked for several days after the giant container ship Ever Given got stuck in it and attempts to free it so far have failed.
The bow of the ship is resting
on the east coast of Suez
canal, and its stern –
in the West
The Romanian Health and Veterinary Service has called a crisis meeting and solutions are being sought to prevent the animals from dying. Authorities said they had contacted the shipowners, who assured them they had sufficient stocks for the animals and that the ships had desalination plants in case drinking water ran out.
At the same time, two attempts to free the container ship failed despite hopes that a high tide would propel the ship. A dozen tugs work in parallel with dredging sand and mud around the nose. Some 9,000 tons of ballast water has already been extracted from Ever Given, which has helped it to move around a bit. Hundreds of containers are planned to be removed from his nose with a crane.
The blockade of the Suez Canal by a skyscraper-sized cargo ship could worsen the global supply chain in the coming months, causing a shortage of products such as toilet paper, coffee and furniture around the world, experts say. About 10% of world trade passes through the canal, or about $ 10 billion a day. The situation has caused huge losses, since each hour spent on the channel costs 400 million dollars. The blockade also caused a 3% increase in oil prices.
“Europe must
prepare for appreciation and
shortage of a number of goods
for the blockade of the Suez Canal ”, predicts the analyst of the Center for Economic and Business Studies in London Kai Neufeld. According to him, trade on the Asia-Europe axis will not be seriously disrupted if the key sea route opens soon, but this is becoming less and less likely.
At the same time, Syria faces fuel shortages due to the blockade. While they wait for traffic to recover, local authorities distribute available quantities of petroleum products so that bakeries and hospitals can continue to operate.
There are practically no alternative routes for the delivery of goods from Asia to Europe. As a result, imports into the United States from Europe may be delayed and the lockdown could prevent empty containers from being returned to Asia, complicating the global container shortage caused by the pandemic and growing consumer demand.
Since its opening in 1869, the Suez Canal has been a key link for the transportation of oil, natural gas, and other cargo. In 2015, the Egyptian government completed a major canal expansion, allowing even the largest ships to cross.
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