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SUEZ, KOMPAS.com – Rescuers, on Monday (3/29/2021), managed to free a very large container ship trapped for almost a week in the Suez Canal.
The success ended a crisis that clogged one of the world’s most important waterways and halted billions of dollars in maritime trade per day.
With the help of the tide, a fleet of tugboats is towing a device that protrudes from the bow or front of the ship, which is located directly below the waterline or the so-called bulbous bow from a ship the size of the “Ever Given” skyscraper from the sandy edge of the Suez Canal. The ship was stuck in the Suez Canal since March 23.
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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby praised the Egyptian authorities for their “hard work” in moving the ship.
He also acknowledged that the incident again brought to light the problem of the existence of the canal, which is known to be narrow for boat trips.
“We have long recognized that this narrow channel is a dangerous maritime point,” Kirby said. He added that “the potential to get stuck at that point should have been part of normal operational planning.”
Evergreen Marine Corp said the “Ever Given” was heading for Great Bitter Lake, a large stretch of water midway between the northern and southern ends of the Suez Canal, where it would be inspected. Evergreen Marine Corp. is the Taiwan-based shipping company that operates the ship.
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According to the Suez Canal services company, Leth Agencies, more than 40 ships docked at Great Bitter Lake waited for the “Ever Given” to leave the mouth of the Canal and finally continue south on the waterway.
Meanwhile, more than 30 ships behind “Ever Given” docked at Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea to enter the Canal.
After being hit by a sandstorm, the “Ever Given” struck the shore of a one-lane canal about four miles north of the south entrance, near the city of Suez.
This has led to massive traffic jams that have led to global trade losses of $ 9 billion a day and problems in supply chains that have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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