Suez Canal blocked after 400m-long container ship wedges against both sides of waterway

It has now been partially refloated.

It was unclear when the vessel would be fully set free but the progress raised hopes the crucial waterway could soon be reopened after days of intense global salvage efforts.

The Ever Given "has successfully floated after the ship responded to the pulling and towing maneuvers," Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, said in a statement.

Both the canal authority and Inchcape, a separate maritime logistics company that manages shipping in the canal, said that the skyscraper-sized vessel's position had now been straightened by 80 percent.

The stern of the ship had been shifted toward the middle of the waterway and was now 102 meters (334 feet) from the shore, the canal authority said.

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Here's a bit more info from a different source.

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be set free.

Satellite data from MarineTraffic.com showed that the ship’s bulbous bow, once lodged deep in the canal’s eastern bank, had been partly wrested from the shore — although it remained stuck at the canal’s edge. The ship’s stern had swung around and was now in the middle of the waterway, tracking data showed.

Although the development marked the vessel’s most significant movement since getting stuck last week, the salvage crew urged caution as obstacles loomed.

“Don’t cheer too soon,” Peter Berdowski, CEO of Boskalis, the salvage firm hired to extract the Ever Given, told Dutch NPO Radio 1.

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The partial freeing of the vessel came after intensive efforts to push and pull the vessel with 10 tugboats when the full moon brought spring tide, canal services firm Leth Agencies said, raising the canal’s water level and hopes for a breakthrough. Videos shared widely on social media showed tugboats in the canal sounding their horns in celebration of the Ever Given being partly wrenched from the shore.

However, the rescue team said the ship’s bow remained stuck in the sandy clay at the canal’s edge.

“The good news is that the stern is free but we saw that as the simplest part of the job,” said Berdowski, noting that the toughest challenge remained at the front of the ship, where workers would struggle to haul the fully laden 220,000-ton vessel over the clay of the canal bank.

An official at Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd., the company that owns the Ever Given, confirmed the vessel’s bow had moved slightly, but warned the bottom of the ship was still touching the seafloor.

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The Ever Given, marked with a circle, on Monday March 29, 2021.




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originally posted by: Vasa Croe

originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
a reply to: crappiekat

Apparently true.

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Watch as it gets lodged again....wouldn't that be something!

Nailed it! LOL!



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Now the VesselFinder has it underway. It is moving at 4 + knots.

originally posted by: St Udio


Obviously Not an Accident

hundreds of cargo laden ships are held hostage in this drama....

someone has shorted the markets and this impasse is the Ace-in-the-hole insurance ploy/plot...

FYI follow up info,,,,

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March 29, 2021 ~ Title and Rider ~

Signs The Suez Canal Traffic Jam Was Intentionally Created To Help Bring The World To Its Knees Ahead Of The 'Great Reset'
- Something Rotten To The Core Is Going On As Globalists Consolidate Power In The Hands Of The Few ~

investigators / researching Journalists are welcomed, tyvm youse fact checkers