{"id":6402,"date":"2021-03-24T11:53:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=6402"},"modified":"2021-03-26T13:01:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T12:01:58","slug":"the-suez-canal-blocked-by-a-container-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/the-suez-canal-blocked-by-a-container-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Suez Canal blocked by a container ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6403\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ExOWhBzWUAIksZm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6403 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ExOWhBzWUAIksZm-1024x501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ExOWhBzWUAIksZm-1024x501.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ExOWhBzWUAIksZm-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ExOWhBzWUAIksZm-768x376.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ExOWhBzWUAIksZm.jpg 1432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Marquis de Seignelay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">According to several sources the traffic of the Suez Canal, one of the most important world arteries of the marine traffic is blocked since yesterday evening, by a container ship that would have capsized near the southern end of the Canal.\u00a0For the time being, all attempts at refloating have been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The &#8220;megaship&#8221; <strong>Ever Given<\/strong> (400 meters long and 59 meters wide with 220,000 tons) going from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, would have blocked the passage following a damage to the helm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">If the theory of cyber attack or power blackout has been advanced by some on twitter, according to The Gardian,\u00a0the ship\u2019s operator,<strong> Evergreen Marine Corp,<\/strong> told Agence-France Presse: \u201c<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">The container accidentally ran aground after a suspected gust of wind hit it.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">The company has urged the shipowner to report the cause of the incident and has been in discussions with relevant parties including the canal management authority to assist the ship as soon as possible.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0The Gardian<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>With this accident, 10% of the world\u2019s maritime traffic remained blocked for a long time, causing a huge traffic jam on both sides of the canal.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to several sources the traffic of the Suez Canal,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,1749,442],"tags":[1750,1870,1868,32,1485,45,597,1869],"class_list":["post-6402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-egypt","category-news-en","tag-egypt","tag-ever-given","tag-evergreen-marine-corp","tag-maritime","tag-maritime-in-africa","tag-shipping-en","tag-ships","tag-suez-canal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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