'Oh no!': After Suez Canal chaos, cargo ship Elise blocks River Arun in Sussex

After Ever Given h blocked Suez Canal for a week, an 80-metre long vessel, called Elise, wedged itself across a river in West Sussex on March 30. According to BBC, Elise was moored in Littlehampton harbour with a 2,600-tonne cargo but drifted into middle of River Arun when one of its mooring lines parted. ship, which has now been safely returned to its berth, was stranded diagonally across river and it drew comparisons with crisis in Suez Canal over past week. 

Netizens compare Ever Given and Elise 

It is worth mentioning that Suez Canal has now reopened after 1,300 feet Ever Given got wedged across waterway, blocking one of world’s busiest tre routes. Meanwhile, after Elise also got stuck across River Arun, social media users were quick to point out similarities between two situations in West Sussex and Suez. Netizens shared images of two wedged ships and wrote, “anything Suez can do”. 

According to a local UK media outlet, a 300 metre stretch of harbour was closed to all vessels while workboats brought ship in, causing delays up to three hours for a small number of fishing and leisure boats. A spokesman for Littlehampton Harbour said that after much preparation, operation to move Elise back to her berth was commenced at 10.30am (local time) when it began to float again on rising tide and was concluded by 1.45pm. spokesperson ded that during this period, a limited 300-metre long section of harbour where se ships discharge, between Red Footbridge and Littlehampton Marina, h to be closed to all craft to ensure safety of or harbour users.

Meanwhile, Egypt was able to dislodge mammoth Panama flagged vessel on March 29, however, backlog caused could take days or even months to clear, top container shipping firm Maersk said in a statement. As salvage rescue efforts continued to dislodge supertanker and resume navigation of cargoes waiting at anchorages through maritime passageway, it was estimated that it could take “six days or more for complete queue to pass.” “Ripple effects on global capacity and equipment are significant and blockage has alrey triggered a series of furr disruptions and backlogs in global shipping that could take weeks, possibly months, to unravel,” Maersk stated

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