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The ship is now moving through the canal, after being stuck and creating a queue since Tuesday.
The case is being updated.
The container ship “Ever Given” has been stuck since Tuesday. Now the ship has been towed from land.
Television footage and Vesselfinder footage show that the ship is now floating in the canal.
Leth Agencies, which provide services to ships navigating the Suez Canal, confirms on Twitter that the ship is now heading to Store Bittersjø north of the canal.
The price of oil fell after the news, at the time of writing, down 0.39 percent to $ 64.14.
The lockdown has been reported to have delayed trade worth nearly NOK 3.4 billion an hour for container traffic alone.
About 12 percent of world trade and 30 percent of the world’s container traffic passes through the canal annually, according to Reuters, and hundreds of ships have been queuing due to stranding. Among them are several ships with stakes in Norwegian ownership.
Hours earlier, canal authorities announced that the tugs had managed to get the ship to follow the correct path by 80 percent.
The 400-meter-long ship got stuck after a sandstorm last week.
Ever Given is operated by Taiwanese Evergreen, but the owners are Japanese Shoei Kisen, a subsidiary of the Imabari Shipbuilding shipyard company.
