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Wednesday, 31 March 2021

BBC News

• Ferries delayed again amid recruitment strugglesThe nationalised shipyard building two overdue CalMac ferries finds it hard to recruit extra skilled workers.
• The cost of the Suez Canal blockageThe blocking of the canal by the Ever Given led to major disruption for the global shipping industry.

Financial Times

• Does Suez Canal blockage spell time for the ever-larger vessel? Ever Given is finally unstuck but incident is likely to have repercussions for megaships

The Guardian

• Who pays for Suez blockage? Ever Given grounding could spark years of litigationShip likely to be centre of protracted legal battle over what caused it to run aground in the Suez and who is to blameAfter hauling its 220,000-ton bulk down the Suez canal a week after blocking the essential waterway, the Ever Given container ship is likely to become the centre of a protracted battle over who will pay for its rescue.The 400-metre-long vessel was aground on the banks of the Suez canal for a week, causing an estimated £7bn loss each day in trade owing to ships stuck on either side, and up to £10.9m a day for the canal. “We managed to refloat the ship in record time.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Suez Canal reopens after giant stranded ship is freedTraffic has resumed in Egypt's Suez Canal after a stranded container ship blocking it for nearly a week was finally freed by salvage crews. Tug boats honked their horns in celebration as the 400m-long (1,300ft) Ever Given was dislodged on Monday with the help of dredgers. Hundreds of ships are waiting to pass through the canal which links the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. It is one of the world's busiest trade routes. Peter Berdowski, CEO of Dutch salvage company Boskalis, said the Ever Given had been refloated at 15:05 (13:05 GMT) on Monday,