Ever Given
{{Short description|Container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in 2021}}
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| infobox caption = | display title = Ever Given }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:IMO 9811000 EVER GIVEN (09).JPG | Ship image size = | Ship caption = Ever Given at the ECT Delta terminal (Amazonehaven) 29 July 2021 in the Port of Rotterdam | image alt = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = | Ship flag = | Ship name = Ever Given | Ship owner = Shoei Kisen Kaisha{{Cite news|last=Gambrell|first=Jon|date=23 March 2021|title=Massive cargo ship turns sideways, blocks Egypt's Suez Canal|work=The Seattle Times|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/massive-cargo-ship-turns-sideways-blocks-egypts-suez-canal/|url-status=live|access-date=24 March 2021|archive-date=31 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331223940/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/massive-cargo-ship-turns-sideways-blocks-egypts-suez-canal/}} | Ship operator = Evergreen Marine | Ship registry = Panama City, Panama | Ship builder = Imabari Shipbuilding (Japan) | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = S-1833 | Ship laid down = 25 December 2015{{csr|register=ABS|id=18265351|shipname=Ever Given|accessdate=25 March 2021}} | Ship completed = 25 September 2018 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship identification = *{{IMO|9811000}}
| Ship fate = | Ship notes = | Ship status = In service }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship type = Container ship | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|220940}} | Ship displacement = {{convert|265876|t|LT|abbr=on}} | Ship length = {{convert|399.94|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|58.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = * {{convert|14.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (design) | Ship depth = {{convert|32.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship power = Mitsui–MAN B&W 11G95ME-C9 (59,300 kW){{csr|register=SEAWEB|id=9811000|shipname=Ever Given|accessdate=25 March 2021}} | Ship propulsion = * Single shaft; fixed pitch propeller
| Ship speed = {{convert|22.8|kn}} | Ship crew = 25 | Ship notes = }} |
{{Infobox Chinese|t=長賜輪|s=长赐轮|hp=Cháng Cì Lún}}
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Ever Given ({{zh|s=长赐轮|p=Cháng Cì Lún|c=|t=長賜輪}}{{cite web |title=長賜輪成功脫困，蘇伊士運河恢復正常通行 |trans-title=Ever Given successfully released and the Suez Canal resumes normal traffic |url=https://www.evergreen-marine.com/tw/tuf1/jsp/TUF1_News.jsp?newsType=G2&newsId=NEWS2021032900008005&lang=zh-TW |website=Evergreen Marine |access-date=4 April 2021 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410124635/https://www.evergreen-marine.com/tw/tuf1/jsp/TUF1_News.jsp?newsType=G2&newsId=NEWS2021032900008005&lang=zh-TW |url-status=dead }}) is one of the largest container ships in the world. The ship is owned by Shoei Kisen Kaisha (a ship-owning and leasing subsidiary of the large Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding), and is time chartered and operated by container transportation and shipping company Evergreen Marine, headquartered in Luzhu, Taoyuan, Taiwan."[http://www.evergreen-marine.com/tbi1/jsp/TBI1_SQEPolicy.jsp Safety, Quality, Environment Policy] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20060322224013/http://www.evergreen-marine.com/tbi1/jsp/TBI1_SQEPolicy.jsp |date=2006-03-22 }}." Evergreen Marine. Retrieved on September 29, 2009. Ever Given is registered in Panama and her technical management is the responsibility of the German ship management company Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement.
On 23 March 2021, while traveling from Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, blocking the channel. She remained in place for six days before salvage crews freed her on 29 March 2021.{{Cite news|last=Nagourney|first=Eric|date=2021-03-29|title=With the Suez Canal Unblocked, the World's Commerce Resumes Its Course|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/29/world/suez-canal-stuck-ship|access-date=2021-03-30|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=30 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330053807/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/29/world/suez-canal-stuck-ship|url-status=live}} The vessel was impounded by the Egyptian government on 13 April 2021 for refusing to pay a reported $916 million in fees demanded by the government, including $300 million in "loss of reputation".{{cite web | title=Suez Canal chief: Vessel impounded amid financial dispute | website=AP | date=13 April 2021 | url=https://news.yahoo.com/suez-canal-chief-vessel-impounded-132544121.html | access-date=13 April 2021| quote= }}{{cite web | title=Dislodged Suez Canal cargo ship Ever Given held amid $916 million claim | website=NBC | date=14 April 2021 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dislodged-suez-canal-cargo-ship-ever-given-held-amid-916-n1264017 | access-date=14 April 2021| quote= }} The compensation claim was later cut down to $600 million.{{cite news |last1=van Marle |first1=Gavin |title=Suez Canal Authority reduces damages claim against Ever Given owner |url=https://theloadstar.com/suez-canal-authority-reduces-damages-claim-against-ever-given-owner/ |work=The Loadstar |date=10 May 2021}} In early July 2021, the ship was released by the Egyptian authorities following an agreement on compensation.
Description
Ever Given (IMO 9811000) is one of 13 container ships built to the Imabari 20000 design developed by Imabari Shipbuilding, 11 of which have been chartered by Evergreen Marine with names starting with "Ever G". The ship was laid down on 25 December 2015, launched on 9 May 2018 and completed on 25 September 2018. It is Evergreen's second ship to be named Ever Given; the first one (IMO 8320901) was built in 1986 and has since been broken up.{{csr|register=E|id=8320901|shipname=Ever Given|accessdate=30 March 2021}}
With a length overall of {{convert|399.94|m|ftin}}, Ever Given is one of the longest ships in service. The hull has a beam of {{convert|58.8|m|ftin}} and her height from keel to main deck (hull depth) is {{convert|32.9|m|ftin}}. Fully laden at design draught, Ever Given draws {{convert|14.5|m|ftin}} of water while the scantling draught, which is used as the basis of hull strength and structural design, is {{convert|16.0|m|ft}}. Ever Given has a gross tonnage of 220,940; net tonnage of 99,155; and deadweight tonnage of 199,629 tons at design draught. The ship's container capacity is {{TEU|20,124}}.
As with most large container ships, Ever Given{{'}}s propulsion system consists of a single low-speed two-stroke diesel engine coupled to a large fixed-pitch propeller. The 11-cylinder straight engine, license-manufactured Mitsui MAN B&W 11G95ME-C9, produces {{convert|59300|kW|hp|abbr=in}} at 79 rpm and gives the vessel a service speed of {{convert|22.8|kn}}. In addition, Ever Given has four straight-8 Yanmar 8EY33LW auxiliary diesel generators that produce electricity. For maneuvering in ports, the vessel has two {{convert|2500|kW|hp|adj=on|abbr=on}} bow thrusters.
Operational history
=2019 Hamburg collision=
On 9 February 2019, the ship collided with and heavily damaged Finkenwerder, a {{convert|25|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} HADAG ferry boat which was berthed at Blankenese, near the harbour of Hamburg.{{Cite web|title=Gentle touch of a giant – mega container ship brushed ferry|url=https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2019/25161/gentle-touch-giant-mega-container-ship-brushed-fer/|access-date=2021-03-24|website=FleetMon.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324202930/https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2019/25161/gentle-touch-giant-mega-container-ship-brushed-fer/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=FINKENWERDER Passenger Ship: Allision in Blankenese |url=https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Finkenwerder-I381267.html |website=Vesseltracker.com |access-date=31 March 2021 |archive-date=31 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331223949/https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Finkenwerder-I381267.html |url-status=live }} Two minutes after the collision, a traffic ban on the Elbe river was mandated due to high winds.{{Cite web|last=Gessner|first=Nina|date=2019-02-10|title=Frachter rammt Fähre in Hamburg-Blankenese: Hat der starke Wind den Elbe-Crash verursacht? |trans-title=Freighter rams ferry in Hamburg-Blankenese: Did the strong wind cause the Elbe crash? |url=https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/frachter-rammt-faehre-knapp-an-der-katastrophe-vorbei-32016794|access-date=2021-03-24|website=MOPO.de|language=de-DE|archive-date=2021-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324120550/https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/frachter-rammt-faehre-knapp-an-der-katastrophe-vorbei-32016794|url-status=live}}
=2021 Suez Canal grounding=
{{main|2021 Suez Canal obstruction}}
File:Container Ship 'Ever Given' stuck in the Suez Canal, Egypt - March 24th, 2021 cropped.jpg]]
At 07:40 Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) on 23 March 2021, as she was passing through the Suez Canal on her way to Rotterdam from Tanjung Pelepas,{{Cite web|title=ShipmentLink – Sailing Schedules (Search by Vessel)|url=https://www.shipmentlink.com/tvs2/jsp/TVS2_VesselSchedule.jsp |access-date=2021-03-24|publisher=www.shipmentlink.com |archive-date=2020-07-12|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200712084139/https://www.shipmentlink.com/tvs2/jsp/TVS2_VesselSchedule.jsp |url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=24 March 2021 |title=Egypt's Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56505413 |access-date=24 March 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210327203427/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56505413 |url-status=live}} Ever Given became stuck (coordinates {{coord|30.01761|32.58018}}) near the village of Manshiyet Rugola{{Cite news|last=Yee|first=Vivian |date=2021-03-27|title='A Very Big Problem.' Giant Ship in the Suez Remains Stuck.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/world/suez-canal-ship-stuck.html |access-date=2021-03-27|issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=27 March 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210327150041/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/world/suez-canal-ship-stuck.html |url-status=live}} and blocked the canal.{{Cite news|title=Suez canal blocked by huge container ship after 'gust of wind'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/24/huge-container-ship-blocks-suez-canal-evergreen |last1=Farrer|first1=Martin |date=24 March 2021|last2=Safi|first2=Michael |access-date=24 March 2021|work=The Guardian|archive-date=24 March 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210324042437/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/24/huge-container-ship-blocks-suez-canal-evergreen |url-status=live}} According to a statement by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), the ship ran aground diagonally after losing the ability to steer amid high winds and a dust storm.{{cite news |last1=Maguire |first1=Dannielle |title=The ship blocking the Suez Canal is called Ever Given, even though 'Evergreen' is written across it in huge letters |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-25/ship-stuck-in-the-suez-canal-called-ever-given-plus-a-few-memes/100027880 |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=ABC News |date=25 March 2021 |archive-date=26 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210326013747/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-25/ship-stuck-in-the-suez-canal-called-ever-given-plus-a-few-memes/100027880 |url-status=live }} In a separate statement, Evergreen Marine said that it had been told the ship "was suspected of being hit by a sudden strong wind, causing the hull to deviate from [the] waterway and accidentally hit the bottom".{{Cite web|last1=Wang|first1=Cindy |last2=Park|first2=Kyunghee |last3=Lee|first3=Annie |date=23 March 2021|title=Suez Canal Snarled With Giant Ship Stuck in Top Trade Artery|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-23/suez-canal-traffic-blocked-by-container-ship-stuck-in-waterway |url-status=live|work=Bloomberg News|access-date=2021-03-24|archive-date=2021-03-24|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210324042433/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-23/suez-canal-traffic-blocked-by-container-ship-stuck-in-waterway }} The ship ended up with her bow wedged in one bank of the canal and stern nearly touching the other.{{cite news |last1=Paris |first1=Costas |last2=Malsin |first2=Jared |title=Suez Canal Is Blocked by Container Ship Causing Huge Traffic Jam |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-suez-canal-is-blocked-by-a-giant-container-ship-11616560437 |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=24 March 2021 |archive-date=26 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210326001339/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-suez-canal-is-blocked-by-a-giant-container-ship-11616560437 |url-status=live }}
File:Ever Given in Suez Canal viewed from ISS.jpg, 27 March 2021]]
The ship, which had no tugboat, was the fifth in a northbound convoy, behind two prior container ships that were each paired with a tugboat. There were fifteen vessels behind her when she ran aground. Traffic in both directions was blocked for just over six days,{{Cite web|title=Is this ship still stuck?|url=https://istheshipstillstuck.com/ |access-date=2021-03-29|website=istheshipstillstuck.com |archive-date=29 March 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210329132603/https://istheshipstillstuck.com/ |url-status=live}} leading to a traffic jam of over two hundred vessels.{{Cite web|title=Maritime traffic jam grows outside blocked Suez Canal|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/26/maritime-traffic-jam-grows-outside-blocked-suez-canal |url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-27|website=Al Jazeera|archive-date=27 March 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210327054911/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/26/maritime-traffic-jam-grows-outside-blocked-suez-canal }} On 24 March, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, the technical manager of the ship, denied earlier reports that she had been partially refloated. In addition, trade experts were worried about a supply chain delay, and tension due to the delay for the ships trapped as well as other vessels that planned to cross the Suez.{{Cite web|title='Anything you see in the stores' could be affected by Canal logjam, shipping experts say|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/massive-container-ship-blocking-suez-could-delay-shipments-raise-gas-n1261950 |access-date=2021-03-25|website=NBC News|date=24 March 2021 |language=en|archive-date=25 March 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210325045425/https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/massive-container-ship-blocking-suez-could-delay-shipments-raise-gas-n1261950 |url-status=live}}
Eight tugboats worked to re-float the vessel in collaboration with excavators removing sand from the side of the canal where the bow of the vessel was wedged.{{cite web|url=https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/komatsu-excavator-attempts-to-dislodge-one-of-worlds-largest-shipping-containers/51672 |title=Komatsu Excavator Attempts to Dislodge One of World's Largest Shipping Containers |date=25 March 2021 |website=ConstructionEquipmentGuide.com |author=NBC News |access-date=27 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210326182821/https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/komatsu-excavator-attempts-to-dislodge-one-of-worlds-largest-shipping-containers/51672 |archive-date=26 March 2021 |url-status=live}} After an overnight break, the salvage work resumed in the morning of 25 March.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-25|title=Ship rescue efforts suspended until Thursday|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/suez-canal-live-news-ship-blocked-b1821511.html |access-date=2021-03-25|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=25 March 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210325051755/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/suez-canal-live-news-ship-blocked-b1821511.html |url-status=live}}
Egyptian meteorologists reported that high winds and a sandstorm had affected the area on the day of the grounding, with winds gusting as much as {{convert|50|kph|mph}}.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-24|title=Massive cargo ship becomes wedged, blocks Egypt's Suez Canal|url=https://apnews.com/article/cargo-ship-blocks-egypt-suez-canal-5957543bb555ab31c14d56ad09f98810 |access-date=2021-03-24|work=Associated Press News|archive-date=2021-03-24|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210324155605/https://apnews.com/article/cargo-ship-blocks-egypt-suez-canal-5957543bb555ab31c14d56ad09f98810 |url-status=live}} Addressing a press conference on 27 March, Admiral Osama Rabie, chairman of the SCA, said that weather conditions were "not the main reasons" for the ship's grounding, adding, "There may have been technical or human errors ... All of these factors will become apparent in the investigation."{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56547383 |title=Suez Canal: Effort to refloat wedged container ship continues |publisher=BBC News |date=28 March 2021 |access-date=28 March 2021 |archive-date=28 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210328034811/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56547383 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|date=2021-03-29|title=Egypt's Suez Canal Authority announces successful refloating of 'EVER GIVEN'|url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/100259/Egypt’s-Suez-Canal-Authority-announces-successful-refloating-of-‘EVER-GIVEN’ |access-date=2021-03-30|website=EgyptToday|archive-date=31 March 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210331223948/https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/100259/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Suez-Canal-Authority-announces-successful-refloating-of-%E2%80%98EVER-GIVEN%E2%80%99 |url-status=live}}
Aided by high spring tide, the ship was partially freed from sediment and re-floated on 29 March 2021 at 05:42 EGY (03:42 UTC), apart from the bow, which was still caught.{{cite web | last=Safi | first=Michael | title=Suez canal: Ever Given ship partially refloated but bow still stuck | website=the Guardian | date=29 March 2021 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/29/suez-canal-attempt-re-float-ever-given-delay-salvage-tugboats | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329133438/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/29/suez-canal-attempt-re-float-ever-given-delay-salvage-tugboats | archive-date=29 March 2021 | url-status=unfit | access-date=29 March 2021}}{{Cite web|date=2021-03-29|title=Traffic Jam on the Suez Canal|url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148114/traffic-jam-on-the-suez-canal |access-date=2021-04-06 |website=earthobservatory.nasa.gov|language=en}}
The ship was finally freed in the afternoon at 15:05 EGY (13:05 UTC),{{cite web | last=Safi | first=Michael | title=Suez canal: Ever Given container ship freed after a week | website=the Guardian | date=29 March 2021 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/29/suez-canal-attempt-re-float-ever-given-delay-salvage-tugboats | access-date=29 March 2021 | quote=[Boskalis] announce that our team of experts, working in close collaboration with the Suez Canal Authority, successfully refloated the Ever Given on 29 March at 15:05 hrs local time, thereby making free passage through the Suez canal possible again | archive-date=29 March 2021 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210329094958/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/29/suez-canal-attempt-re-float-ever-given-delay-salvage-tugboats | url-status=live }}{{Cite news|last1=Gubash|first1=Charlene |last2=Salam|first2=Yasmine |last3=Duchon|first3=Richie |others=Raf Sanchez, Caroline Radnofsky, The Associated Press, and Reuters contributed|date=March 29, 2021|title=Suez Canal reopened after giant cargo ship successfully refloated|language=en-US|work=NBC News|publisher=NBC Universal|publication-place=Suez, Egypt|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/suez-canal-ship-ever-given-partially-refloated-after-huge-effort-n1262299 |url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-29|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210329135426/https://apnews.com/article/suez-canal-ship-freed-live-updates-48f856c9afed58feb908878c2a495287 |archive-date=29 March 2021}} and the ship started moving under tow towards the Great Bitter Lake for technical inspection, the first step towards reopening the canal,{{cite web | title=Canal service provider says container ship in Suez set free | website=AP NEWS | date=29 March 2021 | url=https://apnews.com/article/suez-canal-ship-freed-live-updates-48f856c9afed58feb908878c2a495287 | access-date=29 March 2021 | archive-date=29 March 2021 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210329135426/https://apnews.com/article/suez-canal-ship-freed-live-updates-48f856c9afed58feb908878c2a495287 | url-status=live }} planned for later that day. After the canal had been checked for damage, the SCA informed shipping agencies that shipping was to resume from 19:00 local time (17:00 UTC).{{cite web | title=Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated - Business and Economy News | website=Al Jazeera | date=29 March 2021 | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/29/traffic-in-suez-canal-resumes-after-stranded-ship-refloated | access-date=29 March 2021 | quote=The ship came out intact and it has no problems. We’ve just searched the bottom and soil of the Suez Canal and thankfully it is sound and has no issues, and ships will pass through it today | archive-date=29 March 2021 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210329225718/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/29/traffic-in-suez-canal-resumes-after-stranded-ship-refloated | url-status=live }}
== Aftermath ==
On 13 April, the SCA announced that the ship had been seized on court orders until the owners paid $900 million in damages.{{Cite news|title=Egypt 'seizes' ship that blocked Suez Canal, demands nearly $1 billion compensation|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/egypt-suez-canal-seized-ship-5408806-Apr2021/ |date=13 April 2021|access-date=13 April 2021|work=TheJournal.ie|agency=Agence France-Presse}} On 4 July 2021 the German newspaper Der Spiegel reported that the owners and the SCA had agreed on compensation, although the exact amount remained unclear.{{Cite web|last=|first= |date=2021-07-04|title="Ever Given"-Eigentümer einigen sich mit Suezkanal-Behörde|trans-title="Ever Given" owners reach an agreement with Suez Canal authorities |url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/ever-given-eigentuemer-einigen-sich-mit-suezkanal-behoerde-a-c5a17037-b595-4666-8b65-e1f4e8a96394 |access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.spiegel.de|publisher=Der Spiegel|language=de}} The settlement had been lowered to $540 million by the Suez Canal Authority.{{cite news |last1=Tabikha |first1=Kamal |title=Suez Canal Authority agrees $540m compensation deal with 'Ever Given' owners |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2021/07/05/suez-canal-authority-agrees-540m-compensation-deal-with-ever-given-owners/ |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=The national News |publisher=The National |date=2021-07-05}}{{cite news |title=hip That Blocked Suez Canal Departs Egypt After Settlement |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/middle-east_ship-blocked-suez-canal-departs-egypt-after-settlement/6207937.html |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=Voice of America |publisher=Voice of America |date=2021-07-07}} The ship departed from the Suez Canal on 7 July for scheduled deliveries of cargo at several European ports.{{Cite web|last=|first= |date=2021-07-16|title=Evergreen releases slow-sailing Ever Given's port call itinerary|url=https://theloadstar.com/evergreen-releases-slow-sailing-ever-givens-port-call-itinerary/ |access-date=2021-07-18 |website=theloadstar.com|publisher=|language=}}
On 7 July 2021, Egyptian authorities released the ship after an unspecified settlement was reached. It was announced that Egypt would also receive a 75-ton tugboat from the ship's Japanese owner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha, as part of the compensation package. Ever Given sailed to Port Said.{{cite news |title=Suez Canal officials release Ever Given ship after settlement |url=https://www.dw.com/en/suez-canal-officials-release-ever-given-ship-after-settlement/a-58189433 |access-date=7 July 2021 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=7 July 2021}} Hull inspections were carried out, with the vessel finally departing on 12 July, after a seizure delay of more than 100 days.{{cite web |title=Ever Given Departs Suez Canal |url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/ever-given-departs-suez-canal |website=The Maritime Executive |language=en}}
The ship finally arrived at her destination, the Rotterdam Maasvlakte, NL, container terminal on 29 July, after sailing for 17 days, (although the trip was originally expected to take 9 days
22 days after her release by the Egyptian government, and over four months after her grounding;.{{Cite news|last=Faucon|first=Benoit |date=2021-07-29|title=Ever Given, the Ship That Blocked the Suez, Makes It to Port|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ever-given-the-ship-that-blocked-the-suez-makes-it-to-port-11627533834 |access-date=2021-07-29|issn=0099-9660}}{{Cite web|title=Ever Given - Container vessel that blocked Suez Canal reaches Rotterdam|url=https://www.biznorm.com/2021/07/ever-given-container-vessel-that.html |access-date=2021-07-29 |website=Biznorm}}{{Cite web|date=2021-07-29 |title=Container vessel that blocked Suez Canal reaches Rotterdam|url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-rotterdam-suez-canal-e46d572cadbd1afd77e348e2dfe8926e |access-date=2021-07-29|website=AP NEWS|language=en}} She became a tourist attraction during that time.{{cite web |last1=Faucon |first1=Benoit |title=The Ever Given, Fresh From Suez, Becomes a Tourist Attraction |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ever-given-fresh-from-suez-becomes-a-tourist-attraction-11627644085 |website=Wall Street Journal |date=30 July 2021}} After unloading about three quarters of the load in Rotterdam, Ever Given departed on 2 August, mooring in Felixstowe Trinity Container Terminal on 3 August to complete unloading, before going out of service prior to inspection at Harwich Anchorage by Leask Marine (Orkney) on behalf of American Bureau of Shipping.{{cite news |last1=Chambers |first1=Sam |title=Ever Given will need repairs |url=https://splash247.com/ever-given-will-need-repairs/|website=Splash |date=20 July 2021}}"Ever Given: Container Ship, IMO 9811000". Vessel Finder. [https://archive.today/20210803180218/https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/EVER-GIVEN-IMO-9811000-MMSI-353136000 Archived] 18:02 UTC 3 August 2021."Leask Marine attain American Bureau of Shipping approved service supplier accreditation"[https://www.leaskmarine.com/leask-marine-attain-american-bureau-of-shipping-approved-service-supplier-accreditation/ Leask Marine Ltd], [https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/C-FENNA-IMO-9675963-MMSI-232008023 C-Fenna] and [https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/C-FORCE-IMO-9850305-MMSI-232033970 C-Force]
She departed 6 August, for refueling at Malta Bunkering Area 3, preceded by Scot Munchen, on 15 August."Ever Given: Container Ship, IMO 9811000". Vessel Finder. [https://archive.today/20210807162021/https://www.vesselfinder.com/fr/vessels/EVER-GIVEN-IMO-9811000-MMSI-353136000 Archived] 16:20 UTC 7 August 2021.
During the morning of 20 August, Ever Given transited through the Suez Canal, within a 22-vessel convoy.{{Cite news|last=Hall|first=Madison |date=2021-08-19|title=The Ever Given container ship is traveling back through the Suez Canal 4 months after beaching itself in the waterway and jamming global shipping traffic|language=en-US|work=Insider.Com|url=https://www.insider.com/ever-given-container-ship-traveling-through-suez-canal-again-2021-8 |access-date=2021-08-19}}
On 20 September 2021 the ship arrived at Qingdao Port anchorage, before berthing alongside the sufficiently large dry dock facilities for repairs on 4 October. Qingdao is also close to Chinese shipping ports where the vessel was projected to re-enter service in late October{{Cite news|last=Chambers|first=Sam |title=Ever Given heads to Qingdao for repairs|language=en-US|work=Splash247.com |url=https://splash247.com/ever-given-heads-to-qingdao-for-repairs/ |date=2021-08-23|access-date=2021-09-06}}
Photographs taken upon arrival at Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry pier indicated bow crumple damage extending as far back as the rear bow thruster tunnel.{{Cite news|last=Towey|first=Hannah |title=These photos of the dry-docked Ever Given reveal the damage it suffered after blocking the Suez Canal
|language=en-US|work=Yahoo! News |url=https://news.yahoo.com/photos-dry-docked-ever-given-230457851.html |date=2021-11-02|access-date=2022-03-15}} After spending nearly six weeks in dry dock there, she returned to service in November 2021, docking at Qingdao and Shanghai before continuing on her normal route.{{cite news |title=Ever Given Returns to Service After Repairs |url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/ever-given-returns-to-service-after-repairs|work=The Maritime Executive |language=en |date=2021-11-15 |access-date=2022-04-13}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://twitter.com/AirbusSpace/status/1375078054884749318/photo/2 Image] of grounded vessel from Airbus Space
- [https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5630138/mmsi:353136000/imo:9811000/vessel:EVER_GIVEN Ever Given] at MarineTraffic
- [https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/EVER-GIVEN-IMO-9811000-MMSI-353136000 Ever Given] at Vessel Finder
- [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56516151 Images of Ever Given aground in Suez Canal] BBC News
- [https://www.bs-shipmanagement.com/en/media/1-media-statement Press Statement] from Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3k5LBMZrTE Vesseltracker animation] of the allision in Hamburg