At least eleven tugs were involved in pulling the vessel afloat. The ship’s propellers were cleared from the mud in the Suez Canal for dredgers. A crane was also used to unload containers from the ship, in order to reduce the weight. The breakthrough in the rescue operation came after 27,000 cubic meters of sand had been excavated around the 400-meter-long ship.
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Ever Given, weighing 224,000 tons, ran aground on Tuesday in the Suez Canal and ran across the important shipping route between Asia and Europe. The congestion had created a huge queue of waiting ships on both sides of the Suez Canal. More than 320 vessels, such as container ships and oil tankers, were waiting on Sunday afternoon, according to the Suez Canal Authority.
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About 12 percent of global goods trade passes through the Suez Canal. Normally, nearly $ 10 billion worth of goods are transported every day on the 120-mile waterway between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. A long blockade can have major consequences for world trade, for example with supply problems for shops and shortages of certain goods in the industry.
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Some shipping companies chose to sail their ships around the South African Cape of Good Hope because of the blockade. Container carriers Maersk and CMA GGM, among others, took that decision to circumvent the blockade.
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