| Unless the ship is freed the container cargoes cannot safely proceed to its final port in Rotterdam | But the task of extricating the Ever Given is momentous |
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| It is clear that the saga of Ever Given will continue long after the canal is cleared | It has been held in the Great Bitter Lake, a body of water off the canal, where it has waited with most of its crew on board while the parties negotiate |
In early July 2021, the ship was released by the Egyptian authorities following an agreement on compensation.
26| The efforts to refloat the ship and to undertake any repairs so that the ship and cargo can safely continue its voyage will form part of general average | The claims will not come only from cargo on board the Ever Given but from cargoes on ships which will be delayed due to inability to transit the canal |
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| The Suez Canal Authority deployed a gang of tugboats on Tuesday to pull the Ever Given out of its predicament, with more joining the effort throughout the week, with little success -- until Sunday | Oil is particularly vulnerable to the blockage, with the Suez Canal, which opened in 1869, being a key route for transporting oil from the Middle East to Asia and Europe |
Insider has reached out to the SCA for more information but did not hear back in time for publication.
| Published Jul 21, 2021 7:44 PM by The U | The ship departed from the Suez Canal on 7 July for scheduled deliveries of cargo at several European ports |
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| Instead, the Ever Given is into its sixth day of being stuck, giving it the dubious honor of blocking the canal longer than any other cargo ship in history | The ship ended up with its bow wedged in one bank of the canal and stern nearly touching the other |
While flying from Kotzebue to Nome, the aircrew observed an SOS sign on top of a shack at a tiny mining camp.