Posted on 03/29/2021 1:10:28 PM PDT by Spktyr
Suez Canal ship freed: Everything you need to know about the Ever Given drama
The Ever Given was stuck for nearly a week, but now traffic can resume on the Suez Canal.
You'll notice "Evergreen" is written across the Ever Given's body, but confusingly, that's branding for the Taiwanese company that operates the ship. Julianne Cona/Instagram
After nearly six days lodged aground in the Suez Canal, the cargo ship Ever Given was finally freed Monday, according to CNBC and ship tracker Vessel Finder. Traffic in the waterway can now resume, the canal authority told Reuters.
The Suez Canal is one of the world's most important waterways. Located 75 miles east of Cairo, the capital of Egypt, it links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, allowing for direct shipping from Europe to Asia. Roughly 12% of the world's shipping traffic and a chunk of its oil supply goes through the manmade canal, which has become particularly vital following pandemic-related disruptions to shipping.
Egyptian TV footage showed the ship aligned in a straight position along the canal, as previously reported by the BBC.
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Thank you.
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Ignorant statement by an ignorant person
not knowing that Evergreen is one of the world’s largest shipping companies is pure ignorance
They don’t teach kids American Songs anymore, I took my kids for a trip on the Erie canal when they young and sang Low bridge on the way to New York, they had never heard it before but by the end of our adventure they knew all the words and loved singing it! http://daveruch.com/wp-content/uploads/Low-Bridge-Everybody-Down-lyrics-1.pdf
I thought that was a very good read if you have the time-it sounds like a crusty old Navy guy telling it...:)
Interesting. I have become accustomed to the powers that be using any excuse to implment some additional controls.
I think who the actual “powers that be” might have something to do with it.
Thank you. I am very interested.
Those faces would make any captain run aground.
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