Late on Sunday, the moon was full and the tide was high, yet, the Italian tug Carlo Magno was late for her schedule with Ever Given. The attempt to re-float was little delayed but, the Dutch Alp Guard arrived on time to continue work along the Egyptian tugboats and dredgers to finally free the giant vessel early on Monday.
Inchcape Shipping Services said the stranded container vessel that had been blocking the Suez Canal for about a week re-floated on Monday and is currently being secured, raising expectations that the vital waterway will soon reopen.
The global offshore services company said on Twitter that the vessel was successfully re-floated at 4.30 am local time and was secured for the time being.
Also, tracking service "VesselFinder" changed the state of the vessel on its website to "under way".
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Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority announced on Monday, that the Ever Given container ship has successfully floated after the ship responded to the towing maneuvers, where the ship's course was significantly modified by 80% and the stern of the ship was away from the shore by a distance of 102 meters instead of the earlier 4 meters.
The maneuvers are scheduled to resume as the water level rises to its maximum height at 11:30 a.m., reaching 2 meters, allowing the ship's course to be completely modified to the midway.
Rabie sent a message of reassurance to the international maritime community to resume navigation in the canal once the vessel is fully floated and examined.
One of the key shipping lanes from where 12% of the world’s goods transit, has left the global trade in turmoil. Its closing costs $400 million an hour for the world's trade.
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