The container ship Ever Gave until the Empire State Building is tall, after it ran aground in a 40-knot wind and sandstorm in an Egyptian canal on Tuesday.
Osama Rabbi, head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), told Egypt’s news outlet Youm7 that it was now hoped tug boats could use wind and tide on Saturday to unload the 224,000-ton ship.
After the dredging work was completed, nine tug boats pulled up in front of a large container ship and began towing and maneuvering for the vessel on Friday evening, Riebe said.
He added that pulling the maneuver requires the availability of many factors, including wind and tide.
A total of more than 260 vessels, including 13 livestock, are awaiting evacuation from the blocked waterway as the crisis continues, the marine monitoring website Marine Traffic told CNN.
If the ship’s innovation attempt fails, the ship – which measures 400 meters (1,312 feet) long and 59 meters (193 feet) wide – could still be released “early next week”, it is planned. Head of the Dutch rescue company.
Dutch company SMIT Peter Berdowski of Salvage’s sister company Bosklis told Dutch TV newscast “Newswire” that his plan was to try to wrestle the ship for free without removing the container from the deck.
“There are two heavy tugboats on their way,” he said Friday evening. “Together they have a pulling power of about 400 tons. So they’re really big men. They’re coming this weekend.”
Most importantly, he said, more intensive investigations have shown that the ship’s stern was “not completely pushed into the mud.” That would allow the tug boat to take advantage of lever power by pulling on the stern, he said.
He said he hopes their pulling power – now combined with dredging work, a 40- to 50-centimeter high tide next week, and the ship’s stern’s “lever power” is relatively free – will be enough to release the ship early next week.
If that fails, Berdowski also puts up a Plan B.
“In parallel, we are already collecting a crane,” he said. “This will also be delivered this weekend, which will enable us to remove the container from the front of the ship.”
He said about 600 containers would probably be included in the canal, to lighten the load on the ship’s bow and thus along the canal.
“It’s one thing to get out of the ship, but you have to get rid of those 600 containers somewhere,” he said. “There’s just a desert right next to the ship. So dropping that container also becomes a puzzle.”
That could mean more delays of days. “But the most important thing is that we put everything in logical order in theory, taking the necessary steps,” Berdowski said.
Fear for livestock
Meanwhile, ships carrying livestock to various countries in Europe and Asia, including ships carrying livestock, are hampered by billions of dollars worth of vital cargo and sensitive products.
Gabriel Page, EU director of the NGO Animals International, warned that thousands of animals would be transported on 13 ships – mostly Romanian – if the situation was not resolved in the next few days.
Paun said more ships carrying livestock are currently approaching the Suez Canal.
“If the channel is not released in the next 24 hours, we are facing a big tragedy because there are ships that will come to an end. [livestock] “Food and water in the next two days,” Paune said.
Some ships have food and water for six more days and “if they decide to return to Romania today they have a chance – but if the blockade lasts two to six days we have a disaster.”
Giorgio Hatzimonolis, a spokesman for Marine Traffic, said a ship carrying livestock, Nabolsi, had been sailing for 21 days since leaving Colombia on March 6, and was now waiting to pass through a blocked canal with cattle on board, according to Marine Traffic Said Georgios Hatziminolis.
More than 18,800 vessels with a net tonnage of 1.17 billion tonnes passed through the canal during 2020. That’s an average of 51.5 ships per day.
The ships run again
At least 10 ships, including oil and LNG tankers and container vessels, had returned from the canal by Friday, according to Kepler, a marine traffic and data intelligence company.
“There are already a lot of ships now … bypassing [the route from the Mediterranean into the canal] And now moving south … making that decision is the right thing to do, “said Lars Jensen, head of Marine Intelligence Consulting.” The company advises the shipping industry.
“So now, it will appear that vehicles are waiting in line [in the canal], Will simply cross [their] Fingers and hope this will be resolved, ”he added.
A statement from the Indian government’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Friday that the Indian government had advised its shipping lines to explore the option of refitting ships through Cape Good Hope in South Africa. .
It is noted that such recovery usually takes an additional 15 days.
The Suez Canal route is used by Indian exporters and importers for 200 200 billion in trade with North America, South America and Europe, the statement said. The ministry added that it would identify and prioritize the cargo destroyed for the movement.
Even before Ever was delivered, the global supply chain was lengthening to the limit, making it more expensive to move goods around the world and leading to shortages of some products. Prolonged closure of key routes between Asia, Europe and North America will only make matters worse.
Discussing the issue of potential loss claims, Toshiaki Fujiwara, senior managing director of Shoi Kisen Kane, said on Friday that “the company has not received any claims at this stage,” adding that it would take one. [to] Two or more years coming up with those details. “
The Taiwanese company Evergreen Marine, which operates the ship, has claimed that Shoi Kisen KK is responsible for the accident, Fujiwara has confirmed.
Maggie opposite Cairo, Mustafa Salem from Abu Dhabi and Mick Craver from London, while Laura Smith-Spark wrote in London. CNN’s Jesse Young, Sugam Pokhrel, Tim Lister and Pamela Boykoff contributed to the report.
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