SUEZ, KOMPAS.com – The crowd cheered in joy after Ever Given, the clogged ship Suez Canal managed to partially float.
Videos circulating on Twitter show how the 200,000-ton ship swings to the edge of the canal.
There was a shout of “Praise God“to” God is great “in celebration after the tugboat succeeded in moving it.
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Local source to Reuters revealed, Ever Given could be returned to the “normal route” even though it was still stuck.
The success occurred after Leth Agencies stated that the container ship had “partially floated”.
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Dozens of tugboats were deployed with sand that hit the hulls, bit by bit.
General Osama Rabie, Head of the Suez Canal Authority (CSA) said, Ever Given responded to their “push-pull maneuvers”.
He said the evacuation staff almost aligned the ship, which had moved about 102 meters from the edge of the canal.
Media Egypt reported, the local government believes the ship will be ready to move on Monday local time (29/3/2021).
Wilhelmsen Ships, who manages transit on the canal, said they estimate it will take another five hours to float the ship.
“We predict that the Suez Canal will operate again on Monday night,” the company was quoted as saying Sky News.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi praised the efforts of various parties so that one of the world’s largest container ships almost floated again.
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The ship ran aground in Suez on Tuesday (23/3/2021), causing severe disruption in one of the heart of world trade.
More than 300 ships were forced to wait or take longer routes because Ever Given did not move.
Those taking the longer route tried to circle the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
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