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“At least 367 ships full of crude oil, livestock and other cargoes are waiting for navigation at both ends of the canal.”

The giant freighter “Long Give” (Ever Given), which has been “horizontal” on the Suez Canal for six days Drag to the big bitter lake. Subsequently, the world’s most important maritime artery resumed navigation. According to the authorities, it is expected that the canal will resume normal operation within a few days.

According to Bloomberg News, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Rabbi (Osama Rabie) said at a press conference held on Monday night that all It may take two and a half days for the queued ships to pass through the canal, and it is expected that the canal will resume normal operations within four days.

The YM Wish container ship was the first ship to leave the anchorage at the Great Bitter Lake and enter the southern section of the canal, and more ships later sailed in. The heavy transport ship Biglift Barentsz heading to Singapore was the first ship to enter the northern section of the canal, followed by 12 ships.

rescue

According to the Associated Press, on Monday, a group of tugboats successfully towed the bow of the “Longci” off the bank of the canal with the help of the peak of the high tide. Last Tuesday, the ship ran aground on the southern section of the Suez Canal under conditions of extremely low visibility due to sandstorms and strong winds, and its bow remained stuck in the sand on the river bank and could not move.

In order to make the ship shallow, rescuers cleared the bowAround 30,000 cubic meters of sand and soil, even part of the canal embankment was eradicated.

Berdowski (Peter Berdowski), CEO of Boskalis, the Dutch dredging maritime company responsible for the rescue operation, said one of the problems Yes, it took five days to wait for the arrival of the two large tugs.

In an interview with Dutch radio, he said that the strong tide provided a great help, and the thrust of this natural force even exceeded the pull of the two tugboats.

“When the boat floats, people are naturally ecstatic, but also very nervous. You must quickly use the tug to control the floating boat to prevent it from getting stuck on the other side, otherwise the situation will only get worse . Those ten minutes were very tense,” Berdowski said.

Subsequently, the rescue team towed the cargo ship, which is fully loaded with containers and weighing about 220,000 tons, to the Daguhu Lake in the middle section of the canal, where it will conduct a technical inspection.

impact

Although the blockage of the Suez Canal has blocked the daily transportation of goods of 9 billion U.S. dollars, considering that the global annual commodity trade volume is as high as 18 trillion U.S. dollars, the long-term impact of this event may be insignificant. But the sailing schedule of so many ships is disrupted, and the delivery of these goods will undoubtedly be delayed by weeks or even months.

As of Monday, at least 367 ships full of crude oil, livestock and other cargoes are waiting for navigation at both ends of the canal. The Wall Street Journal previously quoted a person familiar with the rescue operation as saying that after the resumption of the voyage, they considered giving priority to the livestock ships because the livestock supplies on these ships were almost exhausted.

At the same time, dozens of ships have chosen alternative routes around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. Compared to passing through the Suez Canal, the alternative route will take about two weeks longer, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional fuel and other costs.

Analysts also said that a large number of ships passing the canal in a short period of time may cause congestion in European ports such as Rotterdam and Antwerp, thereby extending the waiting time for unloading at the destination.

(Lars Jensen), CEO of Copenhagen “Marine Intelligence Consulting Company” wrote on social media recently,The dominoes have been overturned, and the delay in passing and detouring other routes will cause a chain reaction, and the impact may last for several months.

More than 10% of global trade passes through the Suez Canal, including 7% of oil trade. According to the Suez Canal Authority, more than 19,000 ships passed through the canal last year.

Oil and liquefied natural gas are transported from the Persian Gulf to Europe and North America through the Suez Canal; furniture, clothing and basic supermarket items made in China are transported to Europe through the canal.

Cause of accident

After the canal is reopened, part of the focus will shift to the cause of the stranding and who will bear the accident. The insurance company of the parties involved is expected to be significantly affected.

Maritime experts and engineers of the Canal Administration, the owner of the ship, Japan Masei Steamship Co., Ltd. (Shoei Kisen Kaisha), and international insurance The company’s claims adjuster is investigating the incident.

The Rabbi, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, said that the party responsible for the accident will be determined after the investigation is completed. The rabbi said that the Canal Authority was not at fault, and the captain of the Long Grant should be responsible for the ship, not the navigator.

Participants in the preliminary investigation said that the focus of the previous investigation was on sandstorms and strong winds that lasted about two minutes at the time of the incident.

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