Reuters reported that the super-large container ship, which had been stranded during the operation of
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and was blocking the Suez Canal, fortunately started moving.
International oil prices rose by nearly 6% as the Suez Canal, one of the world's key trade routes, was blocked.
Reporter Ahn Seo-hyun reports.
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Part of the hull of the container ship Ever Given, which is blocking the Suez Canal, has floated again, and ships in the canal will soon resume traffic, Reuters reported.
Canal officials are reducing ballast water on stranded container ships and pulling container ships out by tugboats.
[Guy Platon/Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping: We don't know exactly what happened yet.
There have been some reports of equipment failure, but the company itself denies this.
There are also reports that a strong gust is the cause.] The
stranded'Ever Given' is a Panama shipping container ship, and was stranded while heading for the Netherlands from China in the morning of the day before (23rd) local time.
With a length of 400m, a width of 59m, and a weight of 220,000 tons, it completely blocks the Suez Canal in Egypt, which connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
The Wall Street Journal reports that at least one hundred other ships are waiting to cross the canal.
As the Suez Canal was blocked, Western Texas heavy oil prices in the New York market rose 5.9% to $61.
As about 12% of the world's cargo is transported through this canal, it is expected that supply of crude oil as well as various products and raw materials will be disrupted for the time being.