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In just 7 days, and with the determination of men who do not know the impossible, Egypt managed to float the Panamanian container ship “Evergiven”.
These efforts were accompanied by international anticipation and expectations that the crisis would last more than two weeks, but it was resolved in the middle of this period, to reveal the incident to everyone, literally, the Egyptian authorities dealt with the incident and the haste in your resolution. with a tremendous effort of implacable men before the intensity of the mountain.
The start was on the morning of Tuesday, March 23, 2021, when the weather worsened and strong winds blew, dragging dirt and dust, causing poor visibility and the crew not controlling the ship’s course. 25 seamen or containers on board.
The Suez Canal Authority, which monitors the movement of ships using the latest radar and computer networks, announced the suspension of navigation traffic on the canal and immediately developed an urgent plan to save the rogue ship, and bulldozers began to remove sand from underneath. , and 9 tugs to return it to its normal course, but its size equals 4 Ft ball fields, and its massive payload of 224,000 tons and low tide prevented it from getting back on track.
The Calvary of “Ever Geffen” and the Suez Canal Grant. And after the end of the crisis?
The incident caused large losses in the maritime transport sector as a result of the suspension of the movement of at least 150 ships near the port of Port Said on the Mediterranean coast, the port of Suez on the Red Sea coast and in the region of the lakes, all of which are waiting for the “Ever Geffen” float to complete their travels.
These losses forced the Japanese company “Choi Kisen Kaisha”, which owns the ship, to officially apologize to all parties affected by the accident and to declare its responsibility for the costs of the flotation process and the cost of repair. and that he is looking for sea rescue teams from the Netherlands and Japan to help the ship float.
However, the apology of the Japanese company and the payment of the costs of the rescue operation are not enough. According to informed sources in the insurance sector, the company and the insurers paid millions of dollars to the owners of the ship’s cargo and other suspended cargo for damage to perishable goods or delays in delivery, in addition to compensating the Suez Canal Authority for loss of income.
On March 25, the ship “Mashhour” and experts from the Dutch company SMIT entered to participate in the maritime rescue work, to start tightening maneuvers of the rogue ship with the participation of 10 locomotives. The Suez Canal Authority managed to operate the motor ship, but it did not move from its place due to the speed of the tide.
After the “Evergiven” float, the president of the Suez Canal announces the crossing of 113 stuck ships
March 28 was a pivotal day to complete the challenging task, after excavating 27,000 cubic meters of sand 18 meters deep under “Ever Geffen”, and the Dutch ALP Guard locomotive joined with a 285-ton pulling force to assist in flotation operations.
So Egypt succeeded on March 29 with the participation of 14 locomotives, led by the Baraka 1 locomotive and the Izzat Adel locomotive, in the process of floating the delinquent ship, without human losses or unloading of cargo from the ship, in an event that the world did not know before in the history of maritime navigation.
That the international maritime lung to function again to the Suez Canal, awaiting the passage of more than 400 ships, whose passage was blocked by the Panamanian ship.
Now the world can rest easy about its trade, because here is a great country called Egypt that is capable of performing miracles with the hands of its loyal children.
