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The ship is in a sweatshirt, and investigators are trying to figure out what caused the canal to be blocked
The Ever Given moored in a wider section of the canal, where it undergoes tests by experts and engineers, a week after it created a huge traffic jam.
Despite the resumption of traffic, hundreds of vessels are still awaiting approval to continue their voyages
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Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 10:43 Updated: 11:17
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In the video: After the rescue of the ship - traffic was resumed in the Suez Canal (Photo: Reuters)
A day after being released from the Suez Canal, experts boarded the cargo ship today (Tuesday) that blocked one of the world's most important shipping lanes for nearly a week.
They will try to solve the many questions left around land for six days, in which the global shipping industry, which has suffered billions of dollars in losses a day, has been rocked.
The ship, Ever Given, docked today in the Bitter Lakes area, a wide section of canal that is in the middle of the canal, after rescue crews managed to free it yesterday afternoon.
A senior official at the canal authority, who spoke anonymously because he was not allowed to speak to reporters, said experts were looking for signs of damage and trying to determine what caused the 400-meter-long ship to run aground last Tuesday.
The same source added that the engineers are examining the engines of the ship, which sailed under the Japanese-flagged Panama flag, to determine when it will be able to proceed to its destination at the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Dozens of ships have been stuck for days with many goods passing through the canal since maritime traffic resumed yesterday, but as of this morning, more than 300 vessels are still waiting at canal entrances and the bitter lakes area, awaiting approval to continue their voyages.
Osama Rabia, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, told reporters yesterday that maritime traffic in the canal could return to its average rate within four days.
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A source of national pride.
The Egyptian flag hovers in front of the ship while crossing the canal, yesterday (Photo: AP)
The company that owns the ship, Shoei Kisen, said today that it will participate in the investigation along with other parties, without naming them.
She even refused to discuss possible causes of the accident because the investigation is ongoing.
Among the theories put forward in recent days were high speed, human error and weather conditions.
The company added that any damage caused to the ship was mainly at its bottom, stressing that it is not known if it will be repaired in Egypt or elsewhere.
In addition, she clarified that the decision whether to continue her journey to the Netherlands is in the hands of the company that operates it, and not with her.
Yesterday, a fleet of tugboats, enjoying high waves, released the bow of the ship from the sandy bank on which it rested for about a week.
They honked in celebration as they led Ever Given after days of failure that captured worldwide attention.
Experts estimate that the traffic jam, which stopped the passage of goods worth nine billion dollars a day, will be finally opened in just ten days at least.
The Ever Given crashed on the bank of the canal in a one-lane section, about six miles north of the southern entrance, near the city of Suez.
The canal is a source of national pride and vital revenue for Egypt, and its president 'Abd al-Fatah al-Sisi celebrated the success of the operation yesterday after days of silence.
"The Egyptians have managed to end the crisis despite the enormous technical complexity," it read on its Facebook page.
Blocked a major transportation artery.
Satellite image of Ever Given in the canal (Photo: Reuters)
Instead of waiting for the canal to open, several dozen ships opted for the alternative and longer route around Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa - a detour of thousands of miles that increases by hundreds of thousands of dollars the cost of fuel and additional expenses of the vessel.
The crisis focuses on the vital trade route, through which more than 10% of world trade passes, including 7% of oil trade.
More than 19,000 ships transport Chinese goods and millions of barrels of oil and liquefied petroleum gas float through the transportation artery from the Middle East and Asia to Europe and North America.
The canal's unprecedented blockade has raised new questions about the shipping industry, which satisfies the needs of the world under pressure due to the corona plague.
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