Egypt introduces plan to expand Suez Canal May 12, 2021, by Eldin Ganic
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian President, yesterday approved the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez Canal, after the 20,000TEU container vessel Ever Given crippled the critical maritime artery recently.
With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters, this giant ship had been wedged in this vital shipping route for six days this March, blocking all shipping traffic.
For the refloating of the 224,000-ton container vessel, approximately 30,000 cubic meters of sand was dredged to help free the vessel and a total of eleven harbor tugs and two powerful seagoing tugs (Alp Guard and Carlo Magna) were deployed.
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Stuck from stem to stern: The 144-hour scramble to pry loose the Ever Given
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By Sudarsan Raghavan, Siobhán O Grady and Steve Hendrix
April 2, 2021
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Ismailia: In the predawn dark, Magdy Gamal sat in the bridge of the Mosaed 2 and stared up at an iron wall of futility. So far, nothing in six frantic, hazardous days of effort had budged the massive bulk of the Ever Given, 200,000 tonnes of steel and consumer goods blocking the fourth-busiest shipping lane in the world.
Stuck from stem to stern: The 144-hour scramble to pry loose the Ever Given
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