A 200,000 tonne container ship ran aground and became lodged sideways across the waterway at about 07:40 local time (05:40 GMT) on Tuesday.
It's a big one , 400m loa and 59mbeam the ship has blocked the path of other vessels which are now trapped in lines in both directions.
Apparently the ship 'broached' in high winds and the bows ran aground swinging the stern around.
A swarm of tugs has been trying to pull it free but it's wedged solid.
Looks like they will have to 'dig it out' and it could take several days.
Great Bitter Lake is already full of waiting ships are the Port Said and South Suez Anchorage.
I have been following it on the Marine Traffic and Vessel Finder apps.
Evergreen Marine said the ship was "suspected of being hit by a sudden strong wind, causing the hull to deviate... and accidentally hit the bottom and run aground".
Looking at the ship, it's stacked to the limit with containers and the freeboard is massive, I can see how a beam wind would have pushed it round.
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said it was working to refloat the giant ship, using rescue and tug units,
BBC is reporting they said they had reopened an 'older section of the canal' to ease the bottleneck of marine traffic caused by the incident.
But I don't see how that will work. In the section where the ship is stuck, south of the Great Bitter Lake, there is only one canal, the 'older' section referred to is north of the lake and apart from holding ships I don't see how it helps anything.
It's a big one , 400m loa and 59mbeam the ship has blocked the path of other vessels which are now trapped in lines in both directions.
Apparently the ship 'broached' in high winds and the bows ran aground swinging the stern around.
A swarm of tugs has been trying to pull it free but it's wedged solid.
Looks like they will have to 'dig it out' and it could take several days.
Great Bitter Lake is already full of waiting ships are the Port Said and South Suez Anchorage.
I have been following it on the Marine Traffic and Vessel Finder apps.
Evergreen Marine said the ship was "suspected of being hit by a sudden strong wind, causing the hull to deviate... and accidentally hit the bottom and run aground".
Looking at the ship, it's stacked to the limit with containers and the freeboard is massive, I can see how a beam wind would have pushed it round.
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said it was working to refloat the giant ship, using rescue and tug units,
BBC is reporting they said they had reopened an 'older section of the canal' to ease the bottleneck of marine traffic caused by the incident.
But I don't see how that will work. In the section where the ship is stuck, south of the Great Bitter Lake, there is only one canal, the 'older' section referred to is north of the lake and apart from holding ships I don't see how it helps anything.
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