- More than four months have passed since Ever Given ran aground on the Suez Canal on March 23.
- After the Egyptian authorities reached a compensation agreement and released it on July 7, it docked at the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Wednesday.
- The ship blocked cargo transportation on the Suez River for six days, but disintegrated after several dredging and excavations.
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Ever Give, which blocked cargo transportation for six days after being trapped in the Suez Canal, finally arrived at its original destination, the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The ship docked at the ECT Delta terminal in Rotterdam on Thursday morning. Reuters. It will be unloaded there until August 3rd. Then it will go to the next destination, Felixstowe, in England.
From March 23 to 29 this year, this huge ship was stranded in the Suez Canal for nearly six days.according to Wall Street Journal, The ship originally set sail from a port in Yantian, China.Then it ran aground on the Suez Canal, which is a key channel for the transportation of goods It accounts for about 12% of seaborne goods trade.
Over 396 meters in length, Slightly larger than the Empire State Building in New York. it took Six days of dredging, lifting and digging It’s a daunting feat to untie the boat. Initially expected to take several weeks.
While Ever Give was trapped in the Suez River, the ship was Forced to abandon the Suez Canal And reroute, Made a big circle around the southern tip of Africa.
Due to misfortune and very expensiveShip aground situation, This The global supply chain is in chaos That Lasted several weeks After the ship was released.This is due to a More than 400 ships had to clear the Suez Canal.
After the ship was released, Not free to go, However. Egyptian authorities confiscated Ever Give on April 13 Persisted for a few months. It released the big ship after the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Reached the undisclosed compensation amount With the ship owner, the Japanese company Shoei Kisen Kaisha.
The ship finally left Egypt on July 7th- More than 20,000 containers on board -106 days after it entered the waterway for the first time.
