Cairo-Sana
Giant locomotives succeeded at dawn today in partially floating the container ship "Evergiven" stranded in the Suez Canal since last Tuesday, which allowed it to move.
According to the ship tracking sites, the stern of the ship, which has a tonnage of more than 200 thousand tons, moved away from the west bank of the canal. A source in the Suez Canal, who requested anonymity, confirmed that as well.
The head of the Suez Canal Authority, Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, announced earlier today the start of tugging maneuvers to float the delinquent Panamanian container ship "Evergiven" since last Tuesday, by 10 giant locomotives operating from four different directions.
The Egyptian Al-Ahram Gate website quoted Rabie as saying in a statement today ... that "the distribution of locomotives during tension maneuvers includes pulling the bow of the ship towards the north by two locomotives, while four locomotives push the stern of the ship south."
In turn, sources in the Suez Canal revealed that the delinquent ship responded to the floatation maneuver that took place last night and moved from its old position indicating that it is possible that the delinquent ship will float in the Suez Canal in the coming hours.
The 400-meter-long Evergiven vessel with a carrying capacity of 224,000 tons was suspended on March 23 in the Suez Canal and blocked the waterway connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, and about 12 percent of global maritime trade passes through it.