Another attempt to haul a container ship, the Evergreen, to block the Suez Canal, one of the world’s largest cargo ships from the shoal, failed, the division’s head of technical services said Friday. Assistance was provided by the United States and Turkey to block one of the world’s most important waterways.
The ship is 400 meters long and 59 meters wide and can accommodate 18,000 containers Blocks the narrow waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) says Egypt has received a number of international aids, including from the United States and Turkey. Ankara has offered to send a tugboat to take a ship owned by a Japanese company. Turkey has been tense since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in 2013 as it wanted to improve relations with Cairo, backed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The head of technical services for the Bernhard Schultz division said Friday that another attempt to pull the Evergreen container vessel off the shoal that day had failed. Two additional towers are due to arrive in the Suez Canal on Sunday to help free the ship from Japanese company Shohi Kisan.
Accident up to $ 10 billion
According to the German insurance company Alliance, blocking the channel could cost the world trade between $ 6 billion and $ 10 billion a week. According to Moody’s rating agency, European manufacturers and auto parts suppliers will be severely affected.
“The Suez Canal is a route for transporting goods between Europe and Asia. In 2019, more than 19,000 ships passed through it, equivalent to about 1.25 billion tons of cargo. Researchers.
According to Bloomberg, 600,000 barrels of crude oil pass through the Suez Canal every day from the Middle East to Europe and the United States.
Traffic congestion and rising oil prices
Crude oil prices rose more than 3 percent on Friday. More than 200 ships, including 30 tankers, have been waiting on both sides of the canal since Tuesday, according to Lloyds. However, analysts point out that supply delays occur during periods of low seasonal oil and liquefied natural gas demand, which may mitigate the impact of prices. Shipping company Mersk and Germany’s Habat-Lloyd announced on Thursday that they plan to shift their units back to the backs of good faith to orbit the African continent, meaning they will have to travel 9,000 km, a voyage of 10 days. It is not known why the container ship got stuck in the canal. The ship experienced an extensive power outage, and strong winds and a sandstorm contributed to its congestion throughout the single lane of the canal.
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