See the link elsewhere in this thread for Juan Brown's Blancolirio channel.
He cites the Evergiven was screaming at 13 knots.
The rudder must of been turned hard to the side to embed the ship for maximum stuckness.
Seek out maps of the track just prior to entering the canal.
A message was sent. And received by the intended target.
That was one of my thoughts too, but the track (Shown in BwanaNedge’s post above) that showed all the ships (both ahead and behind) showed them moving somewhat in unison, all at those speeds (IIRC) so I don’t think she was going faster than expected.