![]() More than 200 vessels were caught in the logjam after the Ever Given ran aground on Tuesday amid strong windsĪ video from Vessel Finder recreating the crash by using the ship's onboard tracker has shown the moment it veered to port before suddenly going hard to starboard and hitting the banks on March 23. The Panama-flagged vessel, which is as long as the Empire State building, has been wedged since Tuesday and has caused tailbacks of around 321 ships floating in and outside the single-lane Egyptian waterway. Many of the stranded ships are holding animals. Two attempts to dislodge the 1,300ft-long container ship - and reopen the critical global trade route that runs between Africa and the Sinai Peninsula - will be made today after efforts yesterday failed. Instead, he said there may have been 'technical or human errors' which led to the crash. ![]() The Suez Canal chief also today confirmed that 'strong winds and weather factors were not the main reasons' for the ship's grounding in the busy waterway on Tuesday. He said he remained hopeful that a dredging operation could free the Ever Given without having to resort to removing its cargo to lighten it. Mr Rabie added strong tides and winds were complicating efforts to free it. Osama Rabie, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority chief, confirmed efforts to dislodge the container ship from the critical trade route had allowed for its stern and rudder to move, adding he could not predict when it would be refloated. The Ever Given cargo carrier which ran aground on the banks of the Suez Canal has moved for the first time in five days - as authorities today admitted 'human error' may be to blame for the blockage.
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