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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said 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 it 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 ”.
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.
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.
Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, head of the Canal Authority, had confirmed yesterday at a press conference that the channel has another challenge it is working on, starting Monday night, which is to put an end to the congestion process of the ships waiting in the remaining canal. 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.
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 came out without injuries or leakage of oils or petroleum-derived materials, explaining that President Abdel Fattah El- Sisi used to communicate with them on a daily basis to follow the floatation 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.
