The Suez Canal in Egypt is blocked by the "Ever Given".
The blockage continues.
A space shot now shows the mega-traffic jam.
A freighter 400 meters long and weighing more than 220,000 tons ran aground in the Suez Canal
(see initial report)
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Space recordings show how the container ship causes a traffic jam on the important trade route
(update from March 27, 9:05 a.m.)
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The on-site emergency services are working
flat out
to uncover the ship
(update from March 27, 12.37 p.m.)
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Update from March 27, 2021, 9:35 p.m.:
The container ship Ever Given has still not been exposed, although there has been slight progress.
Admiral Usama Rabi, chairman of the canal authority, did not give a time frame for the exposure on Saturday.
"We are working around the clock to end the crisis."
For this reason, some countries have already started to take the first ships around the Cape of Good Hope.
According to the Hamburg shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, this will extend the journeys by around a week.
One problem with this is that the waters off the coast of West Africa, particularly in the Gulf of Guinea, are particularly dangerous due to possible pirate attacks.
Suez Canal: Space photo shows mega-traffic jam - "Slight movement" when the container ship is uncovered
Update from March 27, 12:37 p.m.: Something
is happening with the Suez Canal blockade in Egypt
(see previous update)
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There is a “slight movement” with the container ship “Ever Given” caught there.
More than ten tugs and three excavators are currently in use, said the shipping and logistics company GAC.
The ship of the Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen sails under the Panamanian flag and ran aground in a sandstorm.
Several factors played a role in the maneuvers for the exposure, it was said - especially the wind direction and ebb and flow.
It is a "complicated technical operation".
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean with the Red Sea and thus offers the shortest shipping route between Asia and Europe.
Every year around 18,000 ships normally pass through the waterway.
Some countries have already started to send the first ships on a detour around the Cape of Good Hope.
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A satellite image of the container ship "Ever Given" blocking the Suez Canal in Egypt.
© AFP PHOTO / Satellite image © 2021 Maxar Technologies
Container ship clogs Suez Canal: space image shows mega traffic jam - US Army offers help
Update from March 27, 9:05 a.m
.: A ship causes trouble.
The massive freighter “Ever Given” has been blocking the Suez Canal in Egypt since Tuesday - now even the US Army is offering its help in the misery.
An expert team of Marines could be deployed quickly, said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki in Washington on Friday.
Talks with the government in Cairo were still ongoing, she continued.
A representative of the US Department of Defense, who did not want to be named, said according to
AFP
that if Egypt makes a formal request, the team could leave the US naval base in Bahrain on Saturday.
However, the representative restricted: "We can certainly advise, but we cannot escort them all."
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The container ship "Ever Given" has been blocking the Suez Canal in Egypt for days.
© Samuel Mohsen / dpa
Efforts on site to get the ship free again have been in full swing since Wednesday
(see initial report)
- German companies are also
worried
about delivery bottlenecks.
Because of the 400 meter long and over 220,000 tons heavy freighter, more than 200 ships were stowed at the site.
The
European Space Research Institute (ESRIN)
tweeted a space footage of the incident:
#Suez canal traffic jam caught from space🛳️🛰️
➡️On the right we can see the enormous #EverGiven container ship (25 March - @CopernicusEU # Sentinel1) and the block on maritime traffic that it caused
⬅️On the left we can see the canal on a 'normal' day (March 21, Sentinel-1) pic.twitter.com/qtznVoB6CL
- ESA EarthObservation (@ESA_EO) March 26, 2021
Container ship clogs Suez Canal: Before the accident, the captain drove a model into the sea - and that is tough
News from March 26, 2021:
Suez - Was that on purpose or just a coincidence?
A video shows the waiting course of the wrecked "Ever Given" before it entered the Suez Canal on Tuesday.
While the other ships barely move, the huge container ship drives around cheerfully.
If you watch the video to the end, the image of a penis comes to light.
Vesselfinder, a company that offers shipping-related services, drew attention to this.
The freighter's management sees nothing wrong with this.
A spokesman for Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement told Der Spiegel: “It is not unusual for ships waiting to enter, meandering around beforehand.” If this is really the case, the captain of the “Ever Given” has inadvertently become an artist.
Suez Canal blockade: Penis course causes malice on Twitter
On Twitter, the unusual course of the container ship is already a topic that causes ridicule.
"If you are dissatisfied with your employer, send him a secret message in order to then stop a large part of the global oil trade," wrote the user orthopedist.
Susette Gontard takes the same line.
She writes: "Who doesn’t know it: turning a small penis round and then getting stuck in the canal."
Suez Canal blockade: ten tugs cannot free the container ship
The "Ever Given" is still stuck.
The Japanese owner hopes that the canal will be navigable again next weekend.
A spokesman for the company Shoei Kisen told the dpa that they wanted to try to get the cargo ship afloat on Saturday.
If this does not work, it is planned to use two more tugs on Sunday.
Ten tugs have been used so far.
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The container ship Ever Given drove a penis course while waiting in front of the Suez Canal
© Screenshot Youtube / Vesselfinder
Suez Canal blockade: ship owners face high costs
The 400-meter-long "Ever Given" has been blocking the Suez Canal, one of the world's most important waterways, since Tuesday.
The container ship sailing under the Panamanian flag ran aground.
Shoei Kisen could now face high costs.
The operator of the ship, the Taiwanese Evergreenline, claims to have only chartered the ship.
Therefore, the owner has to pay for salvage and repair costs as well as other claims by third parties.
Long traffic jams have formed in front of both junctions, Port Said in the north and Suez in the south.
Over 100 ships are waiting to continue their journey.
The oil market has recently seen strong price fluctuations, as the Suez Canal is also of great importance for the international oil trade.
Suez Canal blockade: container ship wrecked in the port of Hamburg
The "Ever Given" has already had an accident.
The freighter caused a collision with a ferry in the port of Hamburg.
The container ship went off course on February 9, 2019 and squeezed the “Finkenwerder” port ferry at the Blankenese jetty.
Property damage of around one million euros was caused to the ferry and the pier.
List of rubric lists: © AFP PHOTO / Satellite image © 2021 Maxar Technologies