Suez, Egypt (AP) – Two additional tugboats were heading to Egypt’s Suez Canal on Sunday in an effort to free a skyscraper-shaped vessel stranded for days on a crucial waterway, though larger ships could take their boat out of the wreck. Is. Even longer to free.
The Panama-flag-waving Evergave, owned by a cargo ship between Asia and Europe, got stuck in a lonely pit in the canal on Tuesday. In subsequent times, officials have been unable to remove ship and traffic through the canal – valued at billions of dollars a day – stalled, and it will disrupt the global shipping network already strained by the coronavirus epidemic.
Dutch-flagged Alp Gard and Italian-flagged Carlo Magno, already there, have been called in to help tugboats arrive in the Red Sea near the city of Suez early Sunday, according to MarineTrafe.com’s satellite data. These tugboats will catch sight of the 400-meter-long (quarter-mile-long), while dredgers continue to clear the sand from the bottom of the ship and the mud goes to its harbor side, Bernhard Schultz Shipmanagement said, adding that Ever has been given.
The workers planned to make two attempts on Sunday to shut down the ship with high tide.
“Sunday is very complicated,” the pilot said. “It will determine the next step, which will probably involve at least partial offloading of the ship.”
Carrying containers from the ship is likely to add more days to the canal closure, something authorities are urgently trying to avoid. It will also need cranes and other equipment that is yet to arrive.
The pilot spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he did not have the right to brief reporters.
On Saturday, the head of the Suez Canal Authority told reporters that for the ever-running environment, wind is “not the only reason”, which shows pressure against conflicting assessments given by others. Lt. Gen. Osama Rabe said the investigation is ongoing but did not rule out human or technical error.
Bernhard Schultz maintains ship management that their “initial investigation ruled out any mechanical or engine failure as the cause of the grounding.” However, at least one initial report suggested that the “blackout” struck a Hulking vessel carrying about 20,000 containers at the time of the incident.
Rabe said he remained optimistic the dredging could free the ship without removing its cargo, but added that “we are in a difficult situation, it is a bad event.”
Asked when they expected the ship to be released and the canal to reopen, he said: “I can’t say because I don’t know.”
Shoi Kisen Kaisha Ltd, the company that owns the ship, said it was considering removing the container if other efforts failed.
Ever Given is a kilometer (7. wed miles) north of the Red Sea entrance to the canal near the city of Suez.
Prolonged closure of crucial waterways will delay the global shipment chain. About 19,000 ships passed through the canal last year, according to official figures. About 10% of the world’s trade flows through canals. The dam could affect shipments of oil and gas from the Middle East to Europe. Already, Syria has begun to ration the distribution of fuel to the war-torn country Amidst concerns of delay in shipment amidst obstruction.
As early as Sunday, more than 320 ships were waiting to sail from the Suez to the Mediterranean or the Red Sea, according to canal services firm Lathe Agencies. Dozens of others still list their target canal, though shippers seem to be increasingly avoiding passing.
The world’s largest shipping company, AP Mલરller-Mersk of Denmark, warns its customers that it will take three to six days to clear the backlog of ships in the canal. Already, the firm and its partners have 22 ships waiting there.
“Mersk and partner vessels are currently number 1 redirects and we are expected to evaluate rescue efforts with current network capacity and fuel on our ships en route to Suez,” Shipper said.
The world’s second-largest Mediterranean shipping company said it had already diverted at least 11 ships around Cape Good and Good Hope in Africa to avoid the canal. He turned two other ships back and said he expected “some missed boats as a result of this incident.”
M.Sc. Expecting this phenomenon to have a very significant impact on the movement of containerized goods, COVID-19 will also disrupt supply chains from the existing challenges posed by the epidemic.
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Gambler reports from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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