![]() Vessels packed with the world’s goods - including cars, oil, livestock and laptops - usually flow through the waterway with ease, supplying much of the globe as they traverse the quickest path from Asia and the Middle East to Europe and the East Coast of the United States. It appeared to be the culmination of one of the largest and most intense salvage operations in modern history, with the smooth functioning of the entire global trading system hanging in the balance.Įach day the canal was blocked put global supply chains another day closer to a full-blown crisis. Images on social media showed tugboat crews celebrating the victory in the predawn hours. While shipping officials and Egyptian authorities cautioned that the complicated operation was still underway, they expressed increasing confidence the ship would soon be completely free. ![]() Salvage teams, working on both land and water for five days and nights, were ultimately assisted by forces more powerful than any of the machines rushed to the scene to assist in the rescue: the moon and the tides.Īs water levels swelled overnight, the hours spent digging and excavating millions of tons of earth around the Ever Green paid dividends as the ship slowly regained buoyancy, according to officials. The mammoth cargo ship blocking one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries was wrenched from the shoreline and set partially afloat again early Monday morning, raising hopes that traffic could soon resume in the Suez Canal and limit the economic fallout of the disruption. By: Vivian Yee and Marc 2021 The New York Times Company
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