The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) reported on Saturday, 3 that it succeeded in normalizing traffic at the site, eliminating congestion over the past few days due to an accident with the Ever Giv ship, which led to a reach Got interrupted. In the main waterway of the campus.
According to the authority, since the cargo was besieged on 23 March, more than 400 ships were waiting at the north and south ends of the 120-mile waterway (approximately 193 kilometers). Now, with the release of these ships, the channel has resumed its normal rhythm of operation.
The accident put the waterway in a deadlock and caused difficulties for global supply lines in the last 12 days. Ever Giving was released only on March 29, when a high spring sea helped the ship leave.
The local official said that 85 ships crossed the infrastructure this Saturday, doubling the average between 40 and 50 ships a day.
To help clear the accumulation, ships appear to be traveling rapidly through the channel. According to the Suez Canal Authority, the maximum permitted speed is between 7.6 and 8.6 ns, but the maritime traffic vessel tracking website showed that many ships were traveling at around 8 and 10 ns in the last few days.
Opened in 1869, the Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and facilitates trade between Europe and Asia. Waterways transport 13% of global maritime trade and 10% of oil shipments by sea. According to Dunn & Bradstreet, a United States data analysis firm, approximately $ 400 million in cargo typically flows through the channel every hour.
Some ships waiting to pass through the channel had already given up and started Europe’s longest route around the Cape of Boa Oksana in southern Africa, adding two weeks to their voyage.
Now the focus is on investigating how Ever Gives landed. Investigators are still determining what happened, saying that a strong storm and strong winds may have been a factor.
