Suez canal crises

March 2021- Ship stuck in the Suiss canal crises

The cargo ship was stranded in the Suez Canal, causing heavy losses to the freight trade. This incident has caused a loss of crores of rupees to the trade. There was a huge traffic jam as ships could not pass through. Trapped ships had slowed down freight traffic.

The ship Ever Given is stranded. The entire crew of the ship was Indians. There was 25 crew on board. There was no danger to the crew.

It is the busiest shipping route in the world. So the loss of freight is invaluable. Many ships were stranded at sea due to this. Every day a loss of Rs 40 crore is incurred due to this.

It took weeks of hard work to avoid the traffic jam. The traffic jam changed after the sand in the canal was removed. It took weeks of labor, with the help of dredgers and earthmovers. A suction dredger also took part in the operation.

 About 400 ships were stranded on March 23, 2021. A huge ship is trapped.

12% of the world's spy traffic goes through this coal. Items, including medical supplies, were stranded at sea. The Suez Coal Route is the shortest shipping route from Asia to Europe. Those passing by shipping lanes such as the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea will have to go through the Suez Canal.

The ship weighed 220,000 tonnes at the time. The problems were solved and the ship finally set sail. The ship finally came out after days of operation. For that, soil plowing machines had to be used. 30000 cubic meters of soil and mud had to be removed.

Authorities of the Suez canal now under pressure because of the incident.

 

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