A large container ship owned by a company in Ehime Prefecture ran aground on the Suez Canal in Egypt, a strategic point for maritime transportation connecting Asia and Europe. I think that the work is difficult and there is a concern that the stagnation of logistics will be prolonged.
On the morning of the 23rd, a large container ship owned by Shoei Kisen in Ehime Prefecture and operated by a Taiwanese company ran aground on the way to the Mediterranean Sea in the bad weather caused by a sandstorm and blocked the canal in Egypt's Suez Canal.
The Suez Canal Authority, which is the management authority, continued the restoration work to move the container ship by tugboat etc. on the 25th, but it was not possible to change the direction of the hull with a total length of 400 meters, and the work is difficult.
For this reason, the Suez Canal Authority discussed with a specialized team of a Dutch salvage company about restoration methods, such as the operation of a dredging vessel that removes sediment around the vessel.
In addition, Taiwan's Evergreen Marine, which operates a container ship, announced that "the shipowner will board a specialized rescue team of salvage companies in Japan and the Netherlands and work with local authorities to find a way to restore it."
The Suez Canal Authority wants to hurry the restoration work in cooperation with the specialized teams of each country, but there is no way to resume traffic, and the stagnation of logistics has been prolonged as more than 150 vessels have already been forced to wait. There are concerns about