Attempted on Friday, an attempt to remove the Ever Given container ship in the Suez Channel, it was unsuccessful, two more tug must arrive for the ship, representatives of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), which is the engineering operator of the vessel, reports RIA Novosti.
“Another attempt to remove the ship from the Mel, undertaken earlier today, on March 26, 2021, failed,” the release received at the disposal of RIA news.
As expected, “by March 28, 2021 two additional tug will arrive at the vessel to help the work on the removal of the ship from the Mel.” In addition, at present, cooking is underway to use high-power pumps to reduce water levels in empty compartments. “
As a result of the incident, a movement was blocked by one of the most loaded marine trading paths in the world, the course of at least 100 ships was blocked. According to calculations of one of the largest publications in Taiwan on financial and economic issues, Commercial Times newspapers, every hour of channel downtime brings losses of 400 million dollars.
The owner of the ship Ever Given, the stranded in Suez Channel, expects that the ship will be able to free on the weekend.