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The gusty wind, perhaps the pilots’ error and perhaps some technical problems: the investigation will clarify the causes of the Suez blockade. But meanwhile Fate has made the crews of the tugboats involved in the great operation go down in history to release Ever Given. In the first hours of the accident, the authorities, fearful of the consequences, avoided the alarm tones, then had to surrender to the evidence declaring the emergency. The bulletins accompanied the performance of these units with powerful devices, usually dedicated to the normal management of port traffic and turned into the special forces of an unprecedented battle.
The tugs came down from the north and others from Suez, a number that continues to grow. Scroll through the data published by Boat finder, Maritime traffic and the Leth Agency we read unknown names until a week ago: Baraka 1, Salam 7, Salam 8, Mosaed 3 and many others. He then joined the Dutch Alp Guard and the Italian Charlemagne, who arrived in a hurry to increase the force in the push. Here comes the cavalry, someone has titled it.
me the ships pushed to the sides of the container ship while the great Mashhour dredge carried out the excavation work, no less fundamental. The mission encountered obstacles, they tried again and again, until they managed to make a first breach in the early hours of Monday. The giant, finally, moved, feeding hopes for a solution. President Al Sisi rejoiced in signaling the victory of all of Egypt, the experts well anchored to the most prudent experience.
The other non-protagonist but involved actors are the villagers of Manshyet Rugola., the place in front of which the great ship stopped. Their lives are tied, as for many Egyptians, to what happens on the canal. They are workers, artisans, drivers, farmers. These days they have followed with curiosity, apprehension and concern what was happening under their eyes. Be careful not to say an extra word: Police warned them about chatting with reporters, about taking pictures.
They couldn’t even get on the roof. Someone anonymously exchanged a couple of jokes with a correspondent from the Washington Post expressing his idea about the dynamics: there are those who share the thesis of the storm that pushed the cargo against the shore and that, on the contrary, is inclined for other reasons. But they are united by the desire for everything to end.
March 29, 2021 (change March 29, 2021 | 2:00 p.m.)
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