There were anxious hours for international shipping: the container ship “Ever Given“Drove through the Suez Canal on Sunday.
But unlike at the beginning of the year, this time it was accident-free! The ship is currently on its way to Europe’s largest deep water port in Rotterdam.
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One can see clearly on the MarineTracker map: The “Ever Given” has successfully sailed through the Suez Canal and is on its way to RotterdamPhoto: vario images
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Channel crash of “Ever Given” in March: The ship got caught in a sandstorm on March 23 and ran aground in the Suez Canal. The 400-meter-long “Ever Given” was stuck across the narrow canal, with more than 400 ships stowed in front of and behind it.
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No forwards and no backwards – the “Ever Given” got stuck in the Suez Canal for six days in March and blocked the important sea routeFoto: CNES/AIRBUS DS/CNES/AIRBUS DS
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► After six days of blockade, the “Ever Given” was finally towed free on March 29th. But: The canal administration confiscated the ship, Egypt recently demanded 550 million US dollars (around 464 million euros) in compensation.
At that time the country lost income from the canal fees; In addition, there were maintenance costs and costs for work to tow the ship free.
Around 30,000 cubic meters of sand were dredged away to uncover the freighter.
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Little hero: The excavator that removed sand right next to the “Ever Given” became an Internet celebrity during the Suez Canal accidentPhoto: -/AFP
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The Japanese ship owner Shoei Kisen Kaisha and the canal administration only agreed on compensation at the beginning of July. On July 7th, the ship was finally able to lift anchor and continue its voyage to Rotterdam.
However, it took more than three days until the traffic jam on the Suez Canal was resolved. Bloomberg reported 450 ships blocked. Several shipping companies had already started to send their ships the detour via the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.
The consequence of the accident in March: In addition to the almost 450 ships waiting on both sides of the Suez Canal to continue, there were global delivery problems.
Chips were running out, Playstations could not be delivered – in the Hamburg administration there was even a threat of a shortage of printers that were transported on board the “Ever Given”.
Germany clearly felt the crisis through the days of being stuck with the “Ever Given”.
► Around eight to nine percent of all German goods imports and exports go through the Suez Canal. On the Germany – China trade route, 98 percent of the container ships use the artificial waterway.
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After the accident in March: Heavily damaged at the bow – the “Ever Given” was repaired in China before it started again on the voyage through the Suez CanalFoto: Li Ziheng/dpa
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Due to the impact in the Suez Canal in March, the ship’s nose of the “Ever Given” was twisted like a giant corkscrew. A bow thruster was half obscured by dented steel. The hull was littered with scratches, dents, and furrows. The ship was made pretty again in a Chinese shipyard for 20 days.
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