The Ever Given container ship, which crashed in the Suez Canal on Tuesday, has been straightened to 80%. This was announced by the provider of services for maritime transport Inchcape Shipping, specifying that the ship returned to move at 4.30 this morning.
“Here is the ship that blocked the world”
by our correspondent Pietro Del Re
As the service provider explained, during the night of the full moon the high tide facilitated the operations to free the container ship. It is unclear when the Suez Canal will reopen to traffic. According to the Suez Canal Authority (Sca), there are about 370 ships, including 25 oil tankers, stranded at either end of the Suez Canal awaiting transit.
According to the Sca, with the stop, Egypt loses about 13-14 million dollars in revenue every day and yesterday President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had ordered to start preparations for the possibility of
lighten the load of Ever Given in an attempt to facilitate operations.