now it's one of the world's most
important shipping routes and it's
blocked
a giant container ship ran aground in
the sewers canal after losing power
and at around 200 000 tons and over 400
meters long the container
well it's going to take some shifting 50
ships a day normally passed through the
canal
carrying 12 percent of the world's trade
so the pressure is really on
to get her refloated here's richard
galpin
one of the world's biggest container
ships blocking the suez canal
one of the world's most vital trade
routes
the ship operated by a taiwanese company
evergreen
heading north through the canal towards
the mediterranean
when it lost all power and steering
so what are the reasons for this
one of them is engine failure
um you lose control due to engine
failure you would lose control
due to steering failure or you would
lose control which
appears to be the case here because
they have been
they have experienced high winds the
dots here show the congestion that's
already built up as other large ships
and oil
and gas containers arrive in the area
but can go
no further the position of ever given
totally blocking the route
the 200 000 ton ship has now been stuck
for two days the ship's technical
managers have ruled out
any mechanical or engine failures as a
cause of this incident
work to refloat it continues but so far
has not been successful it's an unusual
situation and it's a very dire one
uh this is the largest vessel ever to go
ground in the suez canal and she's gone
sideways in the canal blocking both
north and south
passage it could have a huge
ramifications for global trade
especially between
asia and europe normally 50 ships a day
pass through the suez canal providing up
to 12 percent
of world trade the main alternative for
ships traveling between asia and europe
is around africa but this is a much
longer route
richard galpin bbc news