The ship that blocked the Suez Canal for six days has weighed anchor after spending three months immobilized in place

the container ship “Ever Given”, What blocked the Suez Canal for six days and was immobilized in total for more than three months, dropped anchor this wednesday as expected after a compensation agreement to the Egyptian authorities from its Japanese owner.

The gigantic ship, with a capacity of 200,000 tons, got stuck completely cutting off the canal on March 23, an incident that severely affected global maritime trade and caused losses to Egypt.

Anchored in Great Amer Lake, in the middle of the Suez Canal, since the resumption of maritime traffic on March 29, the “Ever Given” began to move with its cargo north towards the Mediterranean shortly after 11:30 am (09:30 GMT), noted a journalist from the press agency AFP.

When you ran aground Images of the ship have gone viral on social media and the press around the world.

More than three months after the incident ended, Egyptian authorities on Sunday announced a indemnity agreement without revealing the amount agreed by the two parties after several weeks of negotiations.

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) plans to hold a press conference in Ismailia, the city where it is based and where an economic court put an end to the embargo on the boat on Tuesday.

The president of the SCA, Osama Rabbi, said in a television interview on Sunday that Egypt would receive, in addition to financial compensation, a Shoei Kisen Kaisha with a capacity of 75 tons, owner of Ever Given.

Cairo first claimed $ 916 million before revising the figure to $ 550 million.

The huge Panamanian-flagged vessel, operated by the Taiwanese Evergreen Marine Corporation, propped its bow to the east side of the road on March 23 and was passed in the channel preventing traffic in the channel it crosses. 10% of world maritime trade, according to experts.

(With information from AFP)

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