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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said on Tuesday during a visit to the Suez Canal: “We did not want a similar incident to occur in Suez, but it was dealt with effectively and efficiently,” adding that “the Suez Canal is a global site for the movement of trade and the passage of ships “, highlighting that” Egypt is making enormous efforts. On more than one level ”, at the beginning of his inspection tour of the Suez Canal Authority facilities.
The Egyptian president said he did not want an accident such as the stranding of the ship, but what happened reaffirmed the importance of the Suez Canal.
President Sisi listens to detailed explanation about the crisis
President El-Sisi heard a detailed explanation from the head of the Suez Canal Authority about the crisis, its stages of development until it was resolved and the navigation movement returned to normal.
Al-Sisi said: We salute the Suez Canal Authority and all those who participated in the resolution of the crisis, despite the magnitude of the challenges and difficulties, but the flotation process was carried out without human or material losses. .
He added that the canal is responsible for 13% of the volume of world trade, and for 60 years it has stood firm in the consciousness of the world trade industry, and has become a global site for the movement of trade and the passage of boats. and Egypt is making enormous efforts to achieve this on more than one level.
President Al-Sisi thanked the countries that offered assistance to float the rogue ship, adding: “It is important to benefit from the rogue ship study … We will work to provide all the needs and tools to develop our capabilities.”
The Egyptian president inspected the Suez Canal facilities after the end of the ship crisis, noting that 12% of world trade passes through the Suez Canal, in his speech to representatives of various Egyptian and international media. Al-Sisi also indicated that the ship’s accident will be the subject of intensive investigations.
Sisi inspecting the Suez Canal facilities
Earlier, Ambassador Bassam Radi, spokesman for the Egyptian presidency, announced that President El-Sisi visited the Suez Canal Authority and inspected the Authority’s Naval Training and Simulation Center in Ismailia.
The Egyptian president’s visit to the canal comes hours after the resumption of navigation there after the end of the rogue ship crisis.
Of the efforts to float the rogue ship
Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, president of the Canal Authority, confirmed yesterday at a press conference that the canal has another challenge it is working on, starting Monday night, which is to put an end to the ship congestion process waiting in the channel that was left. stuck because of the rogue ship.
He told a press conference Monday night that the authority’s administration and its staff are working 24 hours a day to end congestion, adding that lists and schedules have been drawn up for ship guides to carry out their transit.
Rabi` revealed that, from six o’clock in the afternoon on Monday to eight o’clock this morning, 113 ships crossed the canal on both sides, in order to secure the goods in them and guarantee their safety, indicating that the float of the delinquent ship it was done professionally and without being hit by a single scratch or exposing its contents and goods to damage.
He said that the authority successfully completed the flotation process and in a short time, explaining that the accident began last Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., and the crisis was resolved on Monday at 3:30 p.m. and the movement of Navigation returned again, starting at 6:00 pm on Monday.
Egypt’s reputation is on your neck
And he went on to say that, for the first time in the world, a rescue operation was carried out for a container ship without unloading the cargo, and it left without injuries or leakage of oils or petroleum-derived materials, explaining that President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi used communicate with them daily to follow float efforts and told you that Egypt’s reputation is on your neck, you and the men of the Suez Canal.
It should be noted that Rabei had announced the successful flotation of the Panamanian container ship EVER GIVEN, after the ship responded to the tension and towing maneuvers.
In an official statement, he said that the ship’s heading had been significantly changed by 80% and that the stern of the ship was moving away from the shore a distance of 102 meters instead of 4 meters.
