03-27-2021, 09:47 PM
** 24-Mar-2021 World View: Massive cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal
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One of the largest cargo ships in the world, the Ever Given, operated
by Taiwanese company Evergreen Marine, is wedged in the Suez Canal and
is blocking traffic in both directions. It ran aground on one side
and then rotated around so that it's blocking traffic on both sides.
There are already a few hundreds ships that are frozen in place,
waiting for the opportunity to continue. The only way to avoid the
Suez Canal is to travel around the southern tip of Africa, and that
can take several days.
The blockage is affecting all kinds of things -- oil deliveries, parts
for cars, and so forth. Already it's apparently begun to affect the
price of oil.
They hope to free the ship within a couple of days, but it may be
wedged too deeply in the sand to do that. In the worst case scenario,
they'll have to unload some of the cargo to lighten the ship, and that
could take weeks.
--- Source:
-- Evergreen / Ever Given, the massive cargo ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal, is still stuck
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/24/ever-giv...canal.html
(CNBC, 24-Mar-2021)
- Massive cargo ship, the Ever Given, operated by
Taiwanese company Evergreen Marine, wedged horizontally
across the Suez Canal
One of the largest cargo ships in the world, the Ever Given, operated
by Taiwanese company Evergreen Marine, is wedged in the Suez Canal and
is blocking traffic in both directions. It ran aground on one side
and then rotated around so that it's blocking traffic on both sides.
There are already a few hundreds ships that are frozen in place,
waiting for the opportunity to continue. The only way to avoid the
Suez Canal is to travel around the southern tip of Africa, and that
can take several days.
The blockage is affecting all kinds of things -- oil deliveries, parts
for cars, and so forth. Already it's apparently begun to affect the
price of oil.
They hope to free the ship within a couple of days, but it may be
wedged too deeply in the sand to do that. In the worst case scenario,
they'll have to unload some of the cargo to lighten the ship, and that
could take weeks.
--- Source:
-- Evergreen / Ever Given, the massive cargo ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal, is still stuck
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/24/ever-giv...canal.html
(CNBC, 24-Mar-2021)
