Evergreen Ship Remains Lodged in Suez Canal 長榮貨輪擱淺蘇伊士運河 衝擊物流.原油
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The traffic jam on the Suez Canal remained as a large container ship has been aground for more than 40 hours. While excavators are working around the clock to try to refloat the vessel, global oil prices have inevitably been affected. Experts say the situation may take days, or even weeks to resolve.
The excavator looks tiny next to the huge container ship as it clears away silt near the prow in an effort to widen the shore. The Ever Given, a 220,000-ton, 400-meter-long ultra-large container ship belonging to Evergreen Marine Corporation, ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 23 due to strong winds and a sandstorm. This caused traffic jams at both ends of the waterway, which connects Europe and Asia. Canal authorities sent tugboats to try and dislodge the ship.
The excavator looks tiny next to the huge container ship as it clears away silt near the prow in an effort to widen the shore. The Ever Given, a 220,000-ton, 400-meter-long ultra-large container ship belonging to Evergreen Marine Corporation, ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 23 due to strong winds and a sandstorm. This caused traffic jams at both ends of the waterway, which connects Europe and Asia. Canal authorities sent tugboats to try and dislodge the ship.
It's a very serious incident. If you think how fragile... it shows you how fragile the global supply chains can be at times and as we rely on shipping to deliver all that medical equipment, the fuel, the food, the other supplies, it's quite a critical moment.
If the Ever Given is placed on end, it would be taller than the 324-meter-high Eiffel Tower. It has currently been stuck in the Suez Canal for over 40 hours, and over 100 cargo ships have been affected and are awaiting a solution. Approximately 12 percent of global trade passes through the canal, along with one million barrels of oil a day. On March 24, the U.S. crude oil price rose by 5.9 percent.
Any time you see any of these crazy market disruptions, it's usually a benefit to the owners of the ships, right both for tankers, container ships, anything that's stuck, but also for the commodity that's being moved.
The global shipping industry and energy supply chain were already reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the blockage of the Suez Canal has exacerbated the situation. Dutch dredging company Boskalis has sent around 10 experts to provide assistance. It may take several days and possibly even several weeks to resolve the situation.
一台小小的挖土機彷彿面對龐然大物，在船頭側協助清沙，挖寬岸邊的空間，長榮海運的巨型貨輪"長賜號"受到強風和沙塵暴的影響，擱淺在蘇伊士運河，造成連通歐亞海域的海上運輸水道南北雙向大堵塞，埃及官員無奈守在運河上待命，並派出拖船、企圖找出脫困的方法。
國際運輸商會秘書長 普拉騰表示：「這是一個非常嚴重的事件。如果你思考一下有多脆弱，這件事顯現了全球供應鏈，在這時候有多麼脆弱。當我們依靠運輸，來運送所有的醫療設備、燃料、食物和其他補給品時，這是一個關鍵的時刻。」
排水量22萬噸的長賜號，船身長達400公尺，如果豎立起來比法國艾菲爾鐵塔324公尺還要高，就這樣硬生生卡在蘇伊士運河超過40個小時。超過100艘貨船受到影響，只能在運河外滯留排隊，全球約12%的貿易量，以及每日大約一百萬桶的石油，都是經由蘇伊士運河通行，因此24號終場激勵油價強勁反彈，美國原油漲幅達到5.9%。
美國富瑞金融集團分析師 吉福尼斯表示：「任何時間，看到這種瘋狂的市場動盪，通常對船東都是有利的 對吧，對油輪、集裝箱船，任何卡住的東西，還有正在運輸的商品，都是如此。」
原本就受到新冠疫情影響很大的全球航運系統及能源供應鏈，無疑又受到長賜號擱淺的衝擊，荷蘭疏浚公司伯威海事已經派遣大約十名的的專家前往救援，並且研判，可能要花上數天、甚至是數週的時間，才有機會將事故排除。
