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DNA Web Team | Mar 31, 2021, 06:08 PM IST
1.Ever Given was enroute from Malaysia to Rotterdam
A 400-meter-long and 224,000-tonne container ship Ever Given was stranded in the Suez Canal for nearly a week from March 23 while en route from Malaysia to Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Hundreds of ships waited to pass through the Suez Canal which links the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and is one of the world's busiest trade routes.
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2.Suez Canal's longest closure
This has been the Suez Canal's longest closure since it was shut for eight years following the 1967 six-day war. Responsibility for the incident will be determined after an investigation, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie said.
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3.Experts start investigation
Experts on Tuesday boarded the massive container ship to start an investigation into the matter. The experts were looking for signs of damage and clues to the cause of the vessel's grounding. Initial investigations zeroed-in on the strong wind as the cause for the accident.
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4.Initial reports suggest 'blackout' struck vessel
Initial reports also suggested that a 'blackout' struck the vessel, something denied by the ship's technical manager.
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5.Ship's middle rose and fell with the tide
The ship's middle rose and fell with the tide, bending up and down under the tremendous weight of some 20,000 containers across its quarter-mile length. On Monday, when workers partially refloated the ship, all that pressure fled to its bow, which acted as a pivot until the ship ultimately came free.
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6.Experts are checking everything for cracks
The experts are checking everything for cracks and particularly the rudder and the propeller in the back that's connected to the engine room.
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7.Experts to go through all mechanical equipment
They will also go through all the mechanical equipment, make sure they test the engines, all the safety valves, all the equipment, and then determine that it's safe to sail either by itself or with a tug escort to the next port.
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8.Damage to the ship mostly to its keel
The company owning the ship said that any damage to the ship was believed to be mostly to its keel.
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9.Maritime commerce worth billions of dollars lost per day
The grounding of the Ever Given halted maritime commerce worth billions of dollars a day. Those losses, as well as physical damage from the incident, will probably spawn lawsuits.
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