NASA shares nighttime images of traffic jam in Suez canal
3 years, 8 months ago

NASA shares nighttime images of traffic jam in Suez canal

Live Mint  

US space agency NASA has shared nighttime images of the traffic jam caused in one of the busiest sea routes of the world. Meanwhile, on March 27, the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 acquired an image of the many ships waiting ships in the Gulf of Suez, the northwestern arm of the Red Sea. The series of nighttime images, all acquired with the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi NPP satellite, offers another view of ships waiting in the Gulf of Suez. After a grounded container ship blocked traffic on the Suez Canal for six days, the key shipping route through Egypt reopened on March 29, 2021. While ship traffic began moving through the canal again on March 29, it will take some time to clear the queue of waiting ships.

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Traffic Jam Eases Further in Suez Canal After Ship Unblocked
3 years, 8 months ago

Traffic Jam Eases Further in Suez Canal After Ship Unblocked

News 18  

The traffic congestion caused by a cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week continued to ease on Friday, with the number of ships waiting to transit falling to 206, canal services firm Leth Agencies said, from over 300 three days ago. On Monday, salvage teams freed the skyscraper-sized container ship, ending a crisis that had clogged …

Probe underway, day after cargo ship freed in Suez Canal
3 years, 8 months ago

Probe underway, day after cargo ship freed in Suez Canal

Hindustan Times  

Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal container ship that had been stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal before it was freed as questions swirled about the grounding that had shaken the global shipping industry and clogged one of the world's most vital waterways. The crisis over the Ever Given had cast a spotlight on the vital trade …

Investigation under way into Suez Canal blockage
3 years, 8 months ago

Investigation under way into Suez Canal blockage

Al Jazeera  

Experts have boarded the container ship Ever Given, which was dislodged on Monday six days after it got stuck in the Suez Canal, seeking to investigate what caused the grounding that shook the global shipping industry. Suez Canal service provider Leth Agencies said that more than three dozen vessels that waited for the Ever Given to be freed had already …

Container Ship Stuck in Suez Canal Turns after 6 Days, Twitter 'Floats' its Best Memes
3 years, 8 months ago

Container Ship Stuck in Suez Canal Turns after 6 Days, Twitter 'Floats' its Best Memes

News 18  

The giant container vessel MV Ever Given, stuck since last week in the Suez Canal has finally started to move, sources said on Monday, renewing hopes of the trade route to clear up soon. Media reports quoted Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority saying that ‘the container ship began to float successfully after responding to the pulling maneuvers.” …

Ship stuck in Suez Canal ‘partially refloated’; efforts on to dislodge bow, claims report
3 years, 8 months ago

Ship stuck in Suez Canal ‘partially refloated’; efforts on to dislodge bow, claims report

Firstpost  

Suez: Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that remains wedged across the Suez Canal, a canal services firm said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be set free. However, it was clear that challenges remained, as satellite data from MarineTraffic.com showed the ship in the same position, surrounded by a squadron of tugs with …

Suez update: Canal workers dredge to 18 Meters, 350 ships wait, Joe Biden offers to help Egypt
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez update: Canal workers dredge to 18 Meters, 350 ships wait, Joe Biden offers to help Egypt

Hindustan Times  

A new attempt could be made Sunday to re-float the 400-meter-long container ship blocking the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal Authority’s chief declined to set a timetable for re-floating the ship and said the task remains “difficult.” The pile-up of ships is creating another problem for global supply chains already strained by the coronavirus pandemic. Highlights: Two more tugs will …

New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal
3 years, 8 months ago

New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal

India Today  

A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping. An official at the Suez Canal Authority said the authority planned to make at least two attempts Saturday to free the vessel when the …

Why the Suez Canal is so important – and why its standstill could be so damaging
3 years, 8 months ago

Why the Suez Canal is so important – and why its standstill could be so damaging

CNN  

CNN — Since it was completed in 1869, the Suez Canal has been one of the world’s most important bodies of water; a portal between East and West that has been controlled by multiple countries, threatened to ignite war, and become a bedrock of the global economy. Today, a ship traveling from a port in Italy to India, for instance, …

Stuck ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide
3 years, 9 months ago

Stuck ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide

India TV News  

A skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear, authorities said. The ship had two pilots from Egypt’s canal authority aboard the vessel to guide it when the grounding happened around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, the …

Authorities need to remove up to 706,000 cubic feet of sand to free the Ever Given
3 years, 9 months ago

Authorities need to remove up to 706,000 cubic feet of sand to free the Ever Given

CNN  

CNN — Rescue teams working to dislodge the giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal have failed in another bid to free the boat, according to the vessel’s technical manager. “The aim is to re-float the container by Saturday night local time,” Toshiaki Fujiwara, the company’s senior managing director, told CNN on Friday. “But the first impression is also that …

Opinion: Suez Canal traffic jam blocks the world’s jugular vein
3 years, 9 months ago

Opinion: Suez Canal traffic jam blocks the world’s jugular vein

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history at Campbell University, a former merchant mariner and contributor to gCaptain maritime. A 59-meter--wide container ship called the Ever Given rammed into the eastern bank of the 120-mile-long Suez Canal. As Ever Given remains firmly across the canal, shipping companies will have to fathom the option of sending …

Experts say clearing Suez Canal may even take weeks; Japanese shipowner apologises for incident
3 years, 9 months ago

Experts say clearing Suez Canal may even take weeks; Japanese shipowner apologises for incident

India Today  

The Suez Canal temporarily suspended traffic on Thursday as efforts to dislodge a 400 metre long container vessel that has blocked the waterway continued for a third day, with eight tugs working to straighten the ship. The Ever Given vessel, almost as long as the Empire State Building is high, ran aground diagonally across the single-lane stretch of the southern …

Satellite images show traffic jam at Suez Canal after ship turns sideways
3 years, 9 months ago

Satellite images show traffic jam at Suez Canal after ship turns sideways

India Today  

The Suez Canal, one of the world's most important artificial waterways, remained blocked on Thursday after a container ship wedged on Tuesday. Satellite image shows grounded vessel in the Suez Canal. "The Suez Canal will not spare any efforts to ensure the restoration of navigation and to serve the movement of global trade," the Associated Press quoted Lt. Gen. Ossama …

Cargo ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal affects shipping worldwide
3 years, 9 months ago

Cargo ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal affects shipping worldwide

Al Jazeera  

Efforts to free the ship using dredgers have yet to push the container vessel free, affecting billions of dollars worth of cargo. The Panama-flagged Ever Given ran aground diagonally across the single-lane stretch of the southern canal on Tuesday morning after losing the ability to steer amid high winds and a dust storm, the Suez Canal Authority said in a …

Entire crew of Ever Given, container ship blocking Suez Canal, is Indian; all safe
3 years, 9 months ago

Entire crew of Ever Given, container ship blocking Suez Canal, is Indian; all safe

India Today  

The entire crew of Ever Given, the container ship that is stuck in the Suez Canal since Tuesday blocking traffic in one of the world's busiest waterways, is Indian and is safe, said the company managing the container. In a report, news agency The Associated Press said Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, the company that manages the Ever Given, said the ship's …

Suez Canal navigation temporarily suspended as efforts continue to refloat stuck container ship
3 years, 9 months ago

Suez Canal navigation temporarily suspended as efforts continue to refloat stuck container ship

India Today  

Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority on Thursday said that it is “temporarily suspending navigation” through one of the world’s busiest waterway until the grounded container vessel MV Ever Given is refloated. SEE | Satellite images show traffic jam at Suez Canal after ship turns sideways OVERWHELMING TASK Authorities are facing difficulties in refloating the ship due to its massive size. Earlier …

Massive Container Ship Causing Traffic Jam in Suez Canal Has Twitter 'Channeling' Jokes
3 years, 9 months ago

Massive Container Ship Causing Traffic Jam in Suez Canal Has Twitter 'Channeling' Jokes

News 18  

A massive container ship that was headed towards the Mediterranean has caused an actual traffic jam on one of the busiest sea trade links, the Suez Canal after it ran aground sideways. The 200,000-tonne vessel, named ‘Ever Given’ and operated by Taiwanese company Evergreen Marine ended up lodging sideways sometime in Tuesday after being hit by strong winds. If you …

Five things to know about the Suez Canal gridlock
3 years, 9 months ago

Five things to know about the Suez Canal gridlock

Al Jazeera  

The Suez Canal, which handles about 10 percent of international maritime trade, was blocked by container ship, causing a traffic jam. Egypt’s Suez Canal handles about 10 percent of international maritime trade and is one of the world’s busiest waterways, providing a crucial link for oil, natural gas and cargo shipping between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Fastest …

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