Panama ship freed after blocking Suez Canal for days

[Judi Lynn]

Monday, March 29, 2021 9:48 am



Ever Given, the huge container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal since Tuesday has been freed and re-floated, maritime service provider Inchcape Shipping said on Monday.


A massive container ship which had blocked the Suez Canal since Tuesday has been freed and re-floated, maritime service provider Inchcape Shipping said on Monday.

The Panama-flagged ship, Ever Given, had veered off its course in a single-lane stretch of the canal during a sandstorm.

“The MV Ever Given was successfully re-floated at 04:30 [0230 GMT] 29/03/2021. She is being secured at the moment,” Inchcape Shipping tweeted.

The high tide overnight, which was accompanied by a full moon helped to free the ship, the service provider indicated.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Ship 'partially refloated,' but still stuck in Suez Canal

Engineers have partially refloated the container ship that is wedged across the Suez Canal

By ISABEL DEBRE and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
March 29, 2021, 4:24 AM
• 6 min read

SUEZ, Egypt -- 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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