Good news on Monday morning: The container ship “Ever Given” in the Suez Canal has moved.
Previously, the 400-meter pot blocked the important trade route for days.
A freighter 400 meters long and weighing more than 220,000 tons ran aground in the Suez Canal
(see initial report)
.
Initial investigations name a possible reason for the "Ever Given" running aground
(see update from March 28th, 1:53 pm).
On Monday morning, service provider Inchcape Shipping reported that the ship had been brought back into floating condition
(see update from March 29, 6:02 a.m.).
This news ticker is updated regularly.
Update from March 20, 8:09 a.m.:
Breathe a sigh of relief on the Suez Canal: The 400-meter-long ship “Ever Given” was brought back to floating condition early Monday morning at 4.30 a.m. (local time) and will be secured, the service provider Inchcape Shipping announced
(see Update from March 29, 6:02 a.m.)
.
The ship's radar Vesselfinder indicated the “Ever Given” shortly afterwards as “en route”.
At first it remained unclear when the important waterway could be opened for passage again.
There was initially no official confirmation from the canal authority.
The spokeswoman for the economic zone for the Suez Canal, however, already celebrated the success on Facebook.
"Long live the heroes of the Suez Canal," wrote the spokeswoman.
Suez Canal: Container ship "Ever Given" uncovered - time for clearance for passage still unclear
Update from March 29th, 6:25 am:
The container ship "Ever Given", which ran aground in the Suez Canal, was exposed after a blockade
that lasted
for days
(see update from March 29th, 6:02 am)
.
According to the dpa, it was initially unclear when the important waterway could be opened for passage again.
The rescue and rescue teams on the Suez Canal tried to free the ship of a Japanese owner, which ran aground on Tuesday, with tugs and excavators.
The high tide with a full moon on Monday night was an advantage.
After the success report, it was initially unclear when the “Ever Given”, which was traveling north in the canal on the way to Rotterdam, could continue its journey.
According to the canal authority, around 370 ships were waiting for passage on both sides of the canal, including 25 oil tankers.
Financial news service Bloomberg reported 450 ships waiting.
After the success report on Monday morning, videos of relieved crew members of the other ships in the canal were circulating on the Internet.
“The boat is floating,” says a man on board a ship and sticks his thumb up.
On one of the videos the saying “Alhamdulillah” (thank God) can be heard over and over again.
Update from March 29, 6:02 a.m.:
The container ship "Ever Given" that ran aground in the Suez Canal was exposed after a blockade that lasted for days, reports the dpa.
The 400-meter-long ship was brought back into a floating state and will be secured, the maritime service provider Inchcape Shipping announced early Monday morning.
Suez Canal: traffic jam with more than 300 ships
Update from March 28, 1:53 p.m
.: In the meantime, more than 300 ships are stuck in traffic - and the economic damage is increasing steadily.
An Egyptian admiral is now giving hope.
According to him, workers are preparing for a partial discharge of the "Ever Given".
President Abdel attah al-Sisi had arranged preparations, Usama Rabi told
Extra News
on Sunday.
The mega container ship - about the size of the Empire State Building in New York - has been able to move 29 meters so far.
The service provider Inchcape Shipping Services announced.
And Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), who are responsible for the technical management of the ship, reported: The rudder could already be freed.
Mega freighter blocks Suez Canal: Admiral speaks of "human error"
According to initial investigations, “strong wind” was the cause of the “Ever Given” running aground, BSM continued.
The freighter has been blocking the Suez Canal for days.
Admiral Usama Rabi did not rule out "human error" either.
The 25 crew members, all from India, are doing well and still on board.
So far there is no information about possible damage to the cargo or pollution of the water.
Mega traffic jam in the Suez Canal: "Situation very threatening" - tens of thousands of animals are stuck on freighters
Update from March 28, 9.42 a.m.:
130,000 sheep could also die in the Suez Canal blockade.
This was announced by the animal welfare organization
Animals International
.
According to their statements, eleven Romanian freighters with this number of live animals on board are stuck.
"The situation is very threatening," said the organization.
The animal rights activists combined the warning with a demand: Romania must immediately stop exporting live animals and instead switch to meat exports.
The veterinary authorities in Bucharest have already contacted the animal transport companies, according to their own statements, and they have assured "that there is enough food and water on board for the coming days".
If necessary, the Romanian freighters have to be rerouted and the animals unloaded in other ports of arrival.
"Ever Given" is stuck in the Suez Canal: "We work around the clock"
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)
.
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.
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."
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.
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: © Planet Labs Inc./AP/dpa