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Suez Canal Blockade: How the giant ship is blocking the Suez? | Latest English News | WION
Mar 26, 2021
Mar 26, 2021
British businesses are getting worried as Egypt's Suez Canal continues to be blocked by a Taiwanese mega-container ship for the fourth day in a row.
'Our customers are worried about the Suez Canal blockage'
Mar. 27 - Seaport Freight Services, a shipping and freight-forwarding company based at the Port of Felixstowe, has 20 containers of goods stranded on the Ever Given.
"We're waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we've got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon goods on there, all sorts," Steve Parks, director of Seaport Freight Services, tells the BBC.
"All our customers are hearing about it, and they're phoning us to ask when it will be resolved."
The 400m-long (1,312ft) ship Ever Given, operated by Taiwanese transport company Evergreen Marine, is one of the world's largest biggest container vessels.
It weighs 200,000 tonnes, with a maximum capacity of 20,000 containers.
The ship ran aground and became lodged sideways across the waterway on Tuesday after a gust of wind blew it off course.
It is blocking one of the world's busiest trade routes, causing a huge tailback of other ships trying to pass through the Suez Canal, which separates Africa from the Middle East and Asia.
There are more than 160 vessels waiting at either end of the canal, according to tracking data from Lloyd's List.
At the moment, Mr Park says there is only one way to get goods through - go round the Horn of Africa, which will add another seven days to the journey.
"We've had supply problems from the Far East, we've had Covid, we've had the Brexit changes. You couldn't really make it up," he says.
"Things were just starting to get better. We were just starting to get over the shortage of containers, the shortage of vessels, and then this happens." more details
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'Our customers are worried about the Suez Canal blockage'
Mar. 27 - Seaport Freight Services, a shipping and freight-forwarding company based at the Port of Felixstowe, has 20 containers of goods stranded on the Ever Given.
"We're waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we've got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon goods on there, all sorts," Steve Parks, director of Seaport Freight Services, tells the BBC.
"All our customers are hearing about it, and they're phoning us to ask when it will be resolved."
The 400m-long (1,312ft) ship Ever Given, operated by Taiwanese transport company Evergreen Marine, is one of the world's largest biggest container vessels.
It weighs 200,000 tonnes, with a maximum capacity of 20,000 containers.
The ship ran aground and became lodged sideways across the waterway on Tuesday after a gust of wind blew it off course.
It is blocking one of the world's busiest trade routes, causing a huge tailback of other ships trying to pass through the Suez Canal, which separates Africa from the Middle East and Asia.
There are more than 160 vessels waiting at either end of the canal, according to tracking data from Lloyd's List.
At the moment, Mr Park says there is only one way to get goods through - go round the Horn of Africa, which will add another seven days to the journey.
"We've had supply problems from the Far East, we've had Covid, we've had the Brexit changes. You couldn't really make it up," he says.
"Things were just starting to get better. We were just starting to get over the shortage of containers, the shortage of vessels, and then this happens." more details
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US Amb. to Vietnam Tapped as Assistant State Secretary for East Asia
Mar. 27 - The White House said Friday that President Joe Biden has nominated the U.S. ambassador to Vietnam to become assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.
Daniel Kritenbrink, a veteran diplomat, is considered an Asia expert with considerable knowledge on Chinese affairs.
His nomination is believed to reflect the policy direction of the Biden administration, which has labeled China a greatest threat.
Kritenbrink has been Washington's envoy in Hanoi since 2017 and previously served at the National Security Council and the U.S. embassy in China.
If confirmed, he will replace David Stilwell, who stepped down as assistant secretary of state when Biden took office. source from
Mar. 27 - The White House said Friday that President Joe Biden has nominated the U.S. ambassador to Vietnam to become assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.
Daniel Kritenbrink, a veteran diplomat, is considered an Asia expert with considerable knowledge on Chinese affairs.
His nomination is believed to reflect the policy direction of the Biden administration, which has labeled China a greatest threat.
Kritenbrink has been Washington's envoy in Hanoi since 2017 and previously served at the National Security Council and the U.S. embassy in China.
If confirmed, he will replace David Stilwell, who stepped down as assistant secretary of state when Biden took office. source from
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Mar 26, 2021
Mar 26, 2021
What do the Suez Canal, Hillary Clinton and a Taiwanese shipping company have in common?
The Evergreen ship blocking the Suez Canal is not linked to Hillary Clinton
Conspiracy theorists on Facebook insist they’re all part of an international human trafficking scheme.
Egyptian authorities are working to remove a 1,300-foot cargo ship that got stuck March 23 in the Suez Canal, a critical shipping route that connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The boat is operated by the Evergreen Group, a Taiwan shipping conglomerate.
Some Facebook users took that as a signal of Clinton’s involvement.
Our Sources
Associated Press, "Shipping losses mount from cargo vessel stuck in Suez Canal," March 25, 2021
CBS, "While Campaigning in Montana, Clinton Reveals Secret Service Codename," May 27, 2008
Evergreen Line, "What is Evergreen Line"
Facebook post, March 24, 2021
JOC Group, EVERGREEN LINE
Newsweek, "QAnon Claims Stuck Suez Canal Ship Used by Hillary Clinton to Traffic Children," March 24, 2021
PolitiFact, "How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business," Dec. 5, 2016
PolitiFact, "Pizzagate conspiracy theorists spread false claims about Beirut explosion, human trafficking," Aug. 7, 2020
PolitiFact, "What is QAnon, the baseless conspiracy spilling into US politics?" Aug. 27, 2020
Telegram, accessed March 25, 2021
Vesseltracker.com, EVER GIVEN
The Wall Street Journal, "Suez Canal Backlog Grows as Efforts Resume to Free Trapped Ship," March 25, 2021
The Wall Street Journal, "Suez Canal Is Blocked by Container Ship Causing Huge Traffic Jam," March 24, 2021
The Evergreen ship blocking the Suez Canal is not linked to Hillary Clinton
Conspiracy theorists on Facebook insist they’re all part of an international human trafficking scheme.
Egyptian authorities are working to remove a 1,300-foot cargo ship that got stuck March 23 in the Suez Canal, a critical shipping route that connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The boat is operated by the Evergreen Group, a Taiwan shipping conglomerate.
Some Facebook users took that as a signal of Clinton’s involvement.
Our Sources
Associated Press, "Shipping losses mount from cargo vessel stuck in Suez Canal," March 25, 2021
CBS, "While Campaigning in Montana, Clinton Reveals Secret Service Codename," May 27, 2008
Evergreen Line, "What is Evergreen Line"
Facebook post, March 24, 2021
JOC Group, EVERGREEN LINE
Newsweek, "QAnon Claims Stuck Suez Canal Ship Used by Hillary Clinton to Traffic Children," March 24, 2021
PolitiFact, "How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business," Dec. 5, 2016
PolitiFact, "Pizzagate conspiracy theorists spread false claims about Beirut explosion, human trafficking," Aug. 7, 2020
PolitiFact, "What is QAnon, the baseless conspiracy spilling into US politics?" Aug. 27, 2020
Telegram, accessed March 25, 2021
Vesseltracker.com, EVER GIVEN
The Wall Street Journal, "Suez Canal Backlog Grows as Efforts Resume to Free Trapped Ship," March 25, 2021
The Wall Street Journal, "Suez Canal Is Blocked by Container Ship Causing Huge Traffic Jam," March 24, 2021
