There are many reasons why the Ever given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for six days in the spring of 2021. Both the canal authority and the ship's owner point to the strong wind and the ship's speed as reasons for the ship's sinking.
According to the ship's owner, the increase in speed was due to the pilots' instructions, while the canal authority places the blame on the ship's captain.
The bank effect important explanation
Ship inspector Francesco Morelli has studied Ever given's journey through the Suez Canal and compared it with the same-sized ship Cosco Galaxy which passed the canal just before, in the same wind.
In the clip above, he explains the banking effect - which he says is an important reason why Ever given went bankrupt.
- When a ship like Ever Given is closer to one bank, a hydrodynamic effect causes it to be sucked closer to that bank.
The phenomenon is called bank effect and increases with the ship's speed, says Francesco Morelli.
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