Dislodging the Container Vessel Blocking the Suez Canal Could Take Days to Weeks
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Dislodging the Container Vessel Blocking the Suez Canal Could Take Days to Weeks

byTMP Staff
March 25, 2021
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Dislodging the vessel could take “days to weeks, depending on what you come across,” according to Peter Berdowski the CEO of Boskalis, whose sister company SMIT salvage is now working to free the ship.

Berdowski told Dutch TV on Wednesday that his company had determined it was impossible to free the ship with its current cargo on board. “The ship with the weight that it now has is impossible to pull,” he said. “You can forget about that.”

The first step would be to remove fuel oil and ballast water from the ship, he added, and try to move it at high tide. If that doesn’t work, staff will have to remove containers and try to dig or flush away the sand banks in which the ship is now lodged, Berdowski said.


The Suez Canal Authority has officially suspended traffic in the waterway as efforts continue to dislodge the vessel jamming up one of the world’s busiest trade routes.
For latest updates on the Suez Canal Blockage, follow this link: Live Updates
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