just! The Suez Canal is blocked again and shut down again! The good news is: recovery in 90 minutes!
just! The Suez Canal is blocked again and shut down again! The good news is: recovery in 90 minutes!
The Suez Canal, which has just been blocked due to the "Longsend" stranding accident, has happened again!
According to reports, on April 6th, local time, around 16:00 Beijing time, a tanker "Rumford", an Italian oil tanker, was shut down due to an engine failure. Its parking position was close to the northbound channel of the Suez Canal. The location of the bottleneck of the Big Bitter Lake.
Fortunately, due to the location close to the berth, the tugboat took immediate action, and rescue work began within 30 minutes. The ship was successfully released in about an hour and a half, allowing the Suez Canal to be completely restored at around 19:00 yesterday evening. But I have to say that more than 90 minutes of suffocation almost made the hearts of investors and suppliers around the world jump out again.
It is reported that the failure of the ship in the middle of the Suez Canal "does not affect its navigation." According to the images displayed on the global ship monitoring website, the Rumford tanker has sailed into the waters of the Great Bitter Lake. However, the many northbound ships behind it seem to be a little worried, and they are still moving slowly. Usama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, issued a statement on April 5, making a series of factual clarifications and comments on the stranding of the "Long Grant" giant cargo ship in the Suez Canal and world media reviews.
Rabie said in the statement that the Suez Canal Authority has been working hard to ensure the orderly navigation of the canal and has solved the risk of stranded freighters through its own professional capabilities. The administration dispatched 15 tugboats, and nearly 600 personnel from various departments in the overall situation participated in the crisis management.
