Ever Given container vessel unblocked from Suez Canal
The giant Ever Given container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been successfully refloated.
Ever Given – a vessel that is 400m long and nearly 60m wide - had been wedged in the canal since 23 March 2021, blocking all shipping traffic.
According to Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), the course of the ship was adjusted by 80 per cent, with its rear pulled away from the shore by about 102m.
Tugboats will assist the vessel away from the grounding site and reposition it in the Great Bitter Lake for a seaworthiness inspection that will determine whether the ship can resume its service.
Ever Given is a 220,000 ton, 20,000 TEU-class container ship currently leased by Evergreen Marine Corp and deployed on a Far East-Europe service route.
The ship completely blocked the canal which is home to as much as 12 per cent of the world’s seaborne trade and caused a backlog of hundreds of ships waiting to enter the Suez Canal. Boskalis assisted with the salvage operation and said around 30,000 cubic metres of sand was dredged and 11 harbour tugs, plus two seagoing tugs, were deployed to shift Ever Given.
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