Sources in the Suez Canal: Efforts to float the delinquent ship were suspended and resumed on Saturday

Informed sources in the Suez Canal confirmed that it had been decided to suspend efforts to float the delinquent container ship in the canal late Friday, provided that it would resume on Saturday.

The latest efforts to float the “Evergiven” ship began earlier Friday, after dredging operations to remove 20 thousand cubic meters of sand at the bow of the ship.

The head of the Egyptian “Suez Canal” Authority, Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, affirmed that efforts will continue to float the giant Panamanian container ship “Ever Givin”, which is stranded at the 151 km of the channel numbering.

Rabei referred to “the start of towing maneuvers for the delinquent ship through 9 gigantic locomotives at the forefront of which is the locomotive (Barakah 1), and the locomotive” Izzat Adel “, after the end of the dredging works in the front of the ship by the bulldozer (Mashhour).

The container ship “Evergiven” weighs 220 thousand tons, is 400 meters long, and carries hundreds of containers heading to Rotterdam from China.

Source: RT + “Reuters”

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