Efforts to refloat Ever Given, the enormous containership that has been blocking the channel since March 23, have succeeded. As we reported earlier, the ship had been partially refloated by this morning. Now, a collection of push and pull maneuvers by a flotilla have absolutely freed the vessel and video on YouTube reveals her headed for the Great Bitter Lakes below tow.
Currently, 193 vessels are ready at Port Said for the southbound convoy and 201 at Suez for the northbound convoy. Another 43 are ready at Great Bitter Lakes.
GAC Hot Port News experiences that Suez Canal Authority (SCA) divers have inspected the vessel’s backside for protected navigation.The ship’s hull and backside will likely be re-inspected at Great Bitter Lakes for technical causes.
Transit convoys and site visitors will resume after the grounded vessel arrives at Great Bitter Lakes and the backlog of vessels within the Bitter Lakes/Suez and Port Said areas is cleared.
The convoy system will change quickly till transits are again to regular, anticipated in 3-4 days.