"Suez Canal Traffic Smooth" ... Traffic Congestion to Clear Within 4 Days

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] The passage through the Suez Canal in Egypt, which resumed after a week, is currently proceeding smoothly.

According to the New York Times (NYT) on the 30th, at around 9:15 PM on the 29th Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), the Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship 'YM Wish' exited the southern end of the Suez Canal and headed towards Jeddah, a city near the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia.

The YM Wish was the first vessel to pass through the Suez Canal after the ultra-large container ship 'Ever Given', which had been grounded in the canal, was completely refloated.

According to the ship navigation information site 'MarineTraffic', many ships have been moving through the Suez Canal following the successful passage of the YM Wish.

According to the Egyptian media Al-Ahram, Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (CSA), stated in a briefing on the 29th that 113 ships are scheduled to pass through the Suez Canal in both directions by the morning of the 30th.

He emphasized that the traffic congestion would be resolved within four days.

Al-Ahram reported that approximately 422 ships were waiting to pass through the Suez Canal after the Ever Given ran aground.

Previously, the Panama-flagged Ever Given, which departed from China and was heading to Rotterdam, Netherlands, ran aground in the middle of the Suez Canal on the 23rd, paralyzing canal traffic.

The Ever Given is a large vessel measuring 400 meters in length with a gross tonnage of 224,000 tons.

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