LATEST: Suez Canal still blocked as huge ship leaves global trade in a jam.
"It is like an enormous beached whale," says the head of a salvage company working to free the ship.
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"It is like an enormous beached whale," says the head of a salvage company working to free the ship.
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“We might have to work with a combination of reducing the weight by removing containers, oil and water from the ship, tug boats and dredging of sand,” says Peter Berdowski, CEO of Dutch company Boskalis, one of the maritime service providers currently trying to free the ship.
"We can't exclude it might take weeks, depending on the situation," Berdowski added.
At least 150 other tankers have been waiting to pass through the narrow canal since the 400 meter long Ever Given ship got stuck sideways on Tuesday morning, running aground after gusting winds of 30 knots caused the vessel to deviate from its course.
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