Egypt's Suez Canal has been reopened. This information was given in the report of BBC online on Tuesday. The world's most important commercial waterway resumed operations after the container ship, which had been stranded in the Suez Canal for nearly a week, was released.Ever Given's huge ship was successfully evacuated on Monday, local time. Rescue workers were overjoyed at the success of the project.
The length of the Panama-flagged ship built in 2016 is 400 meters. About 2 lakh 20 thousand tonsThe ship is capable of carrying 20,000 containers. The ship was carrying about 16,300 containers. The ship is being operated on lease by Evergreen Marine Corporation of Taiwan.
Strong winds and dust storms swept across the Suez Canal on Tuesday morning Ever Given '. The ship lost control in adverse weather. At one point, the 400-meter-long ship got stuck almost horizontally in the narrow Suez Canal. Due to this, the movement of ships in Suez Canal was stopped. The two entrances to the Suez Canal are congested. Hundreds of ships were stranded.In this situation, the rescue operation started from last Wednesday, which continued. More than a dozen tugboats were involved in the rescue operation. Powerful tugboats are used to move the stranded ship. The tugboats work to move the ship back and forth during high tide.Dredgers were used to remove mud and sand from the vicinity of the ship, from front to back and from the bottom. Rescue workers began deep dredging near the ship last Sunday. Authorities say 30,000 cubic meters of sand was removed to free the ship.Among the various strategies involved was the issue of lightening the ship. The rescuers also considered the strategy of removing cargo, fuel, water, etc. from the ship to reduce the load.
Success comes in about a week after a drawn-out effort.The ship was completely freed and re-floated at around 3 pm local time yesterday. The ship started moving again through the Suez Canal. As a result, shipping resumed in the Suez Canal.
Egyptian officials say the stranded ships waiting to pass through the Suez Canal will now slowly cross. Shipwrecks can take up to three days to return to normal. But multiple experts say the situation could take longer to return to normal.The Suez Canal is very important in world trade. This has greatly reduced the distance between Asia and Europe by sea. As a result, goods can be transported between Asia and Europe at a relatively low cost using the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal accounts for 12 percent of global trade.