News / Specialist salvors on their way as more vessels queue behind Ever Given

Source: VesselsValue, 25 March 2021

Salvage teams from the Netherlands and Japan are on their way to the stricken 20,388 teu Ever Given, which is still stuck fast in the Suez Canal, blocking the vital shipping artery.

Evergreen said today Japanese shipowner Shoei Kisen Kaisha had appointed Dutch specialist Smit Salvage and compatriot Nippon Salvage to re-float the vessel after two days of unsuccessful attempts involving all available tugs and equipment at the disposal of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA)

It said it would “continue to coordinate ...