All ships stranded by the grounding of the large container ship Ever Given within the Suez Canal in March had handed by means of the canal by Saturday, ending the backlog that constructed up through the blockage, the canal authority mentioned.
The final 61 ships, out of 422 ships that have been queuing when the vessel was dislodged on Monday, handed by means of the important commerce artery on Saturday, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) mentioned.
International provide chains have been thrown into disarray when the 400-metre-long (430-yard) Ever Given ran aground within the canal on March 23, with specialist rescue groups taking nearly every week to free her after in depth dredging and repeated tugging operations.
In complete, 85 ships had been resulting from go by means of the canal on Saturday together with 24 ships that arrived after Ever Given was dislodged, the SCA mentioned.
An SCA investigation started on Wednesday into what induced the vessel to run aground within the canal and block the waterway for six days, the canal authority’s chairman, Osama Rabie, advised the MBC Masr non-public TV late on Friday.
”The investigation goes properly and can take two extra days, then we are going to announce the outcomes,” he added.
