Um dos maiores navios do mundo fica encalhado e bloqueia inteiramente o Canal de Suez

One of the World’s Largest Ships Gets Stuck and Completely Blocks the Suez Canal

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 25/03/2021 at 11:12

Updated on 25/03/2021 at 12:11

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One of The Largest Ships Becomes Grounded in The Suez Canal and Prevents The Passage of Other Vessels

On Tuesday morning, one of the largest container ships in the world had an accident and became grounded in the strategic Suez Canal, the waterway that connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, blocking traffic in both directions and causing a significant backlog in one of the main arteries of global maritime transport.

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The Ship became grounded due to a lack of visibility and strong gusts of wind caused by bad weather conditions in Egypt, according to the Suez Canal Authority on Wednesday.

The country was hit by a sandstorm this week, and winds reached 40 knots in the Suez Canal region, causing the captain of the Ever Given, registered in Panama and coming from China, to lose control of the vessel while navigating southward towards Rotterdam and consequently become grounded.

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Government Creates Rescue Operation to Normalize Ship Traffic

Osama Rabie, Lieutenant General and Head of The Suez Canal Authority, explained that the rescue operation began immediately after the accident and detailed that the Authority has eight tugboats, and one of them has 160 tons of thrust, pushing the grounded ship from both sides with the aim of making it float again and resume navigation through The Suez Canal.

There is still no information on how long the ship will remain grounded, although a canal employee indicated to the local news outlet Cairo24, close to Egyptian intelligence, that it could extend for at least two days.

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With about 160 kilometers in length, the Suez Canal was inaugurated in 1869 and carries just over 10% of global trade. The canal also represents one of the main sources of much-desired foreign currency for Egypt. In 2015, Egypt completed a controversial expansion of the canal, a project of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

The Suez Canal is one of the most important maritime routes in the world and a major focus of Egypt’s economy. Since its opening, it has made the region of vital importance to European colonial powers.

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