Suez Canal reopens after stuck cargo ship is freed

SUEZ, مصر (AP) - Rescue groups on Monday at long last liberated the colossal holder dispatch stuck for عن a week داخل Suez Canal, finishing أ emergency that had clogged one of the world’s most crucial conduits و ended billions of dollars a day in بحر commerce.

A flotilla of tugboats, made a difference by the tides, tweaked the bulbous bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been immovably held up منذ Walk 23.

ال pulls boomed their horns in celebration as they guided the Ever Given through the water after days of worthlessness that had captivated the world, drawing investigation and social media deride.

Route داخل canal continued في 6 مساءً. neighborhood وقت (1600 بتوقيت غرينيتش, twelve EDT) said Lt. Gen. Osama Rabei, head of the Suez Canal Authority, مشتمل الذي - التي الابتدائي ships that were moving carried animals. From the city of Suez, ships stacked with holders قد يكون كذلك seen leaving the canal into the Ruddy محيط.

At أدنى 113 of over 420 vessels that had held up for Ever Given to be liberated نكون متوقع to cross the canal by Tuesday morning, Rabei included at a news conference.

Investigators يتوقع هو - هي seem take at أدنى آخر 10 days to clear the excess on either conclusion.

The Ever Given cruised to the Awesome Biting Lake, a wide extend من الماء midway between the north and south closes of the canal, ل تقدير, said Evergreen Marine Corp., a Taiwan-based shipping company that works ال ينقل.

Buffeted by a sandstorm, the Ever Given had slammed into a bank of a single-lane extend of the canal حول 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) north of the southern entrance, close the city of Suez. That made أ gigantic activity stick that held up $9 billion a day in worldwide exchange and strained supply chains اعتبارا من الآن burdened by the coronavirus widespread.

Rabei said an examination would decide why the Ever Given got stuck, and he evaluated every day misfortunes to the canal of between $12 مليون ل $15 مليون.