The jam has been opened in the Suez Canal of Egypt. After a lot of effort, the huge ship stuck there for a week could be removed from the path.
With the help of tug boats and dredgers, the 400 meter (1,300 ft) long ‘Ever Given’ ship was evacuated.
Hundreds of ships are waiting to pass through this canal connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
It is one of the busiest trade routes in the world.
Peter Berbersky, CEO of Boskalis, a company that helped remove the ship, said, “The Ever Given re-floated at 15:05 local time on Monday. After that it was possible to reopen the route to the Suez Canal.”
How was the ship finally evacuated?
It was a difficult challenge for the rescue teams to evacuate the two-million-tonne vessel stranded on Tuesday morning amidst strong winds and sand storms.
The SMIT, an expert team to take out such ships, arranged 13 tugboats. Tugboats are small but powerful boats that can pull large ships from one place to another.
Dredgers were also called. Who dug out 30,000 cubic meters of soil and sand from under the ends of the ship.
When this did not happen, it was also thought that some cargo would have to be unloaded to lighten the ship. It was feared that some 18,000 containers may have to be removed.
But the high waves helped the tugboat and the dredger in their work, and on Monday morning the stern (the back of the ship) was evacuated, then the huge ship stuck diagonally could be straightened to a great extent. A few hours later, the bo (forward part of the ship) also went out and the Ever Given was in a floating position, that is, it was completely taken out.
The ship was then pulled to Great Bitter Lake, which lies between the two halves of the canal on the north side of the shipwreck. The security check of the ship will be done by taking it here.
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