Salvage teams have intensified excavation and dredging efforts around a massive container ship blocking the busy Suez Canal after canal chiefs launched a last-ditch bid to take advantage of the king tide brought on by the supermoon to help free the vessel. Officials said operations were under way to make use the high tides created by … Read more
Two heavier tugboats sped to Egypt‘s Suez Canal on Sunday to join efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway. The massive Ever Given, a Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, got stuck on Tuesday in a single-lane stretch of the canal. Authorities have so … Read more
The boss of a salvage firm has revealed his masterplan to clear the huge tanker blocking the Suez canal using two large tugboats to tow the ship to safety. The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground Tuesday in the narrow canal that runs between Africa and the Sinai … Read more
Some 321 tankers and cargo vessels are now stuck waiting to transit the Suez Canal which has been blocked for the past five days. Authorities have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to dislodge the massive 1,900-ft long Ever Given, which is firmly lodged around 3.7 miles north of the southern entrance of the … Read more
Maritime tracking technology has simulated the moment the Ever Given cargo carrier lurched into the banks of the Suez Canal when it ran aground five days ago. Two attempts to dislodge the 1,300ft-long container ship – and reopen the critical global trade route – will be made today after efforts yesterday failed. The Panama-flagged vessel, which … Read more
IKEA’s supply chain could be disrupted due to the ongoing traffic jam in the Suez Canal as there is estimated to be billions worth of supplies from several major companies being blocked by the ongoing crisis. A satellite image taken above the Red Sea shows the hundreds of ships building up behind a cargo ship … Read more
Satellite images taken above the Red Sea have revealed the extent of the traffic jam building up behind the cargo ship that has lodged itself in the Suez Canal. Some 200 vessels are now backed up at either end of the narrow waterway, waiting for the stricken Ever Given – a container ship as long … Read more
Insurance industry on the hook for millions over grounded Suez Canal cargo ship By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 22:33 GMT, 25 March 2021 The insurance industry faces a mammoth bill after a giant cargo ship continued to block the vital Suez Canal. The 1,312 ft … Read more
Russia has proposed its Arctic shipping route as an alternative to the Suez Canal, which has been blocked since Tuesday. State-run Russian energy company Rosatum boasted the alternative route has more room to draw rude pictures, in reference to the Ever Given’s penis-shaped water course in the Red Sea. Eagle-eyed observers noticed the phallic shape … Read more
Russia has proposed its Arctic shipping route as an alternative to the Suez Canal, which has been blocked since Tuesday. State-run Russian energy company Rosatum boasted the alternative route has more room to draw rude pictures, in reference to the Ever Given’s penis-shaped water course in the Red Sea. Eagle-eyed observers noticed the phallic shape … Read more