Suez Canal: The ship has moved

I’ve been tracking the Ever Given (from the Taiwanese Evergreen fleet) since I heard it was stuck, and today it has moved!

After more than 6 days of toiling, the tug boats managed to turn the 400-foot massive ship (as high as the Empire State Building) and move it into the water.

Blocking of the Suez Canal has resulted in a ship traffic jam, and loss of billions of dollars in trade.

The 25-member crew of the Ever Given is Indian

One can track ships at marinetraffic.com and this is how it looked earlier today.

Here's a quick & approximate illustration I made of how the crews shifted the #EVERGIVEN overnight.

Usual caveats. pic.twitter.com/KSywmdSPuK
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 29, 2021

Over the past few days, social media has been flooded with memes and solutions too!

pic.twitter.com/zzbG37opFi
— Jamie Jones (@JamieDMJ) March 25, 2021

This is the best solution. pic.twitter.com/BW2cd7ijqR
— 黒沼爽子 (@Sawako_Masshiro) March 28, 2021

So how did the ship get stuck?

This video explains.

Philosophically, yes, in our own little way, we are all stuck like the big Evergreen ship.

My cartoon in tomorrow's Metro. pic.twitter.com/5TZfVp7YQ2
— Guy Venables (@godfreychurch) March 24, 2021

Yeah sex is good but have you ever got your boat stuck in the Suez Canal and blocked 10% of the world’s trade?
— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. 💸 (@ParikPatelCFA) March 25, 2021