The 400-meter-long and 224,000 tonne Ever Given, almost as long as the Empire State Building, got stuck diagonally due to high winds and a dust storm.
Nearly a week after it got stranded in the Suez Canal, a 400m-long (1,300ft) container ship Ever Given was finally dislodged on Monday with the help of dredgers. Hundreds of ships were patiently waiting to pass through the Suez Canal which links the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. It is one of the world's busiest trade routes.
Authorities expected operations to return to normal within days. While Egyptian officials say the backlog of ships waiting to transit through should be cleared in around three days, experts believe the knock-on effect on global shipping could take weeks or even months to resolve.
The 400-meter-long and 224,000-tonne container ship Ever Given, almost as long as the Empire State Building, got stuck diagonally due to high winds and a dust storm in Suez Canal, the busiest shipping channel linking Asia and Europe.
The blockage affected the daily movement of goods worth an estimated USD 9.6 billion, according to data from Lloyd's List. Hundreds of vessels carrying everything from oil to livestock were forced to wait in line after the Ever Given became stuck in the canal.
This has been the canal's longest closure since it was shut for eight years following the 1967 six-day war. Responsibility for the incident will be determined after an investigation, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie said, adding that SCA isn't at fault and that the ship's captain and not the pilot was responsible for the vessel.
The Japanese-owned company managing the container MV Ever Given ship consisted of an entire crew of 25 Indians onboard.
How was the ship freed?
For dislodging the ship Ever Given, a Dutch specialist team, SMIT oversaw a flotilla of 13 tugs - small but powerful vessels that can shift large ships.
Dredgers were brought in and dug 30,000 cubic metres of mud and sand from beneath the ends of the ship.
The rescue team was fearing that the load of the vessel had to be made lighter due to which some of the ship's cargo of some 18,000 containers would have to be removed.
High tides helped the tugs and dredgers in their work.
Early on Monday, the stern (rear of the ship) was freed and the great ship swung across the canal, to shouts of celebration.
Hours later, the bow (front) too came unstuck, and the Ever Given was able to move out.
The vessel was towed to the Great Bitter Lake, which sits between two sections of the canal to the north of the salvage site, where it will undergo safety checks.
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