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The ship free2/25/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How one ship threw global commerce into chaos.How the Suez Canal facilitated an unexpected revolution.Video released by the Suez Canal Authority showed the Ever Given being escorted by the tugboats that helped free it, each sounding off their horns in jubilation after nearly a week of chaos. People watch as the Ever Given is refloated, unblocking the Suez Canal. Satellite data from confirmed that the ship was moving away from the shoreline toward the centre of the artery. Helped by the peak of high tide, a flotilla of tugboats managed to wrench the bulbous bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since last Tuesday.Īfter hauling the fully-laden 220,000-ton vessel over the canal bank, the salvage team was pulling the vessel toward the Great Bitter Lake – a wide stretch of water halfway between the north and south end of the canal – where the ship will undergo technical inspection, canal authorities said. A huge container ship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal for nearly a week has been set free and is on the move, a salvage firm has said. ![]()
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