Giant Vessel Is Now Afloat, Inchcape Says: Suez Update
Source: Bloomberg
Salvage teams freed the Ever Given in the Suez Canal, according to maritime services provider Inchcape, almost a week after the giant vessel ran aground in one of the world’s most important trade paths.
While the ship is floating again, it wasn’t immediately clear how soon the waterway would be open to traffic, or how long it will take to clear the logjam of more than 450 ships stuck, waiting and en route to the Suez that have identified it as their next destination.
The backlog is one more strain for global supply chains already stretched by the pandemic as the canal is a conduit for about 12% of global trade. Some ships have already opted for the long and expensive trip around the southern tip of Africa instead of Suez.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-28/progress-made-in-moving-ship-more-vessels-diverted-suez-update?sref=z77yHwwS
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The massive salvage efforts are hoping another day of high tide may help the process of getting the bow unstuck from the clay bottom near the banks of the Canal.
Edited to add: I now know the correct turn is "regained buoyancy" 
