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Top executives at the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) refuse to be drawn on whether changes might need to be made to the southern portion of the waterway in the wake of last week\u2019s headline grabbing grounding<\/a><\/span> of the giant \r\n\t\t\tEver Given<\/span> boxship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canal executives are waiting to see what the accident investigation report states before making any big decisions on dredging – or even adding an extra waterway like what was added in the north of the waterway six years ago. However, a number of experts contacted by Splash<\/em> suggest action will need to be taken swiftly to avoid further snarl-ups on the key trade artery linking Europe with Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The canal has had 25 groundings in the last 10 years according to insurer Allianz, but nothing to compare to the 199,629 dwt Evergreen ship that blocked the transits of more than 360 ships for six days. Impressively the SCA has managed to work at maximum capacity clearing most of the backlog since the ship was refloated and moved on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accident investigators from the canal and also the ship\u2019s flag, Panama, have been onboard the ship this week as work gets under way to ascertain how the Shoei Kisen-owned vessel became lodged in the waterway\u2019s eastern bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators will be assessing whether human or mechanical failure played a part in the accident, the role of the two pilots onboard, and whether, as the ship\u2019s owner and manager have insisted, huge surface to cross-winds were to blame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary reports from the Panamanian registry indicate that the ship suffered problems with machinery affecting manoeuvrability, something strongly denied by the ship\u2019s owner. Panama did hint that the ship\u2019s size could have been its downfall, noting the vessel was heading north through the canal at a time of high winds and a sandstorm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Ever Given<\/em> is one of the largest container ships in the world, built in 2018, it is 400 meters long (length), about 59 meters wide (beam) and 15.7 meters deep. She can carry a total of 220,940 tons and has a capacity of 20,388 standard-size 20-foot containers. By having these dimensions, the container walls act as sails and the ship can be subject to gusts of wind,\u201d the Panamanians noted in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Moret from container shipping advisory CTI Consultancy said the ongoing investigations will likely call for more studies and simulations on the effect of banks and wind on today\u2019s growing crop of 20,000+ teu vessels, especially when travelling as fully loaded as they are this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On whether upgrades will need to be made to Suez infrastructure, Ninan Oommen Biju, senior port and maritime transport specialist at the World Bank, told Splash<\/em>: \u201cEnhancing resilience of the key transport corridors is a priority, as well a necessity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the need for an alternate gateway, Biju said a rail corridor that could transfer volumes at Alexandria or Haifa in the Mediterranean could emerge as a potential option, in addition to a second channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biju\u2019s rail suggestion would in many ways mirror the Sumed Pipeline, a 320 km alternate to the canal that runs from the Gulf of Suez across Egypt to the shores of the Mediterranean, just west of Alexandria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biju\u2019s colleague at the World Bank, Martin Humphreys, who serves as lead transport economist, said the Ever Given <\/em>incident had underlined the need to introduce measures to improve the resilience of critical supply lines and key nodes in the logistics chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think improving the resilience of the system is a priority, and in the case of the canal, will involve a range of measures, which may or may not involve widening, or a second channel,\u201d Humphreys said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ports expert Jonathan Beard, a partner at EY, commented: \u201cThe evolution of container shipping has focused on economies of scale to deliver better productivity and lower unit costs \u2013 massively larger containerships, higher box exchanges per port call and a dramatic expansion of port and marine infrastructure. On the downside, the deployment of these mega-vessels is not without risks \u2013 when things go wrong, the impacts can be equally massive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson for the SCA said that studies of the maritime course, whether by adding channels or deepening, are subject to periodic studies. The implementation of such projects is linked to economic feasibility. The last such study was completed three months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On August 6, 2015, to much fanfare the SCA inaugurated a 35 km extra channel at the northern end of the waterway, costing a massive $8.2bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lars Jensen from SeaIntelligence Consulting questioned whether there was a cost\/benefit case for a second parallel channel in the south. The key first action for the authorities would be to work out why last week\u2019s grounding happened, he said, before making any big investment decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nils Haupt, a senior director at German line Hapag-Lloyd, put last week\u2019s grounding down to a freak accident, doubting the need for a waterway upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs 20,000 teu vessels pass the canal annually without major disruptions I feel it would be exaggerated to ask for expansion. The canal works fine as is,\u201d Haupt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding a second lane to the southern end of the canal would be prohibitively expensive, argued Sal Mercogliano, an associate professor of history at Campbell University, one of the most high profile commentators on TV during the six-day Ever Given<\/em> fiasco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe more likely prospect for the SCA is to enhance dredging in the canal to widen the navigable channel to lessen the potential of suction pulling the vessel into the sides and allow more room to manoeuvre for wind,\u201d Mercogliano said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the Ever Given<\/em> grounded last week only between 60 to 70% of the left hand side of the channel is dredged deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercogliano also suggested the authority should think about revising and enforcing limits to sailing in the one-way sections of the canal for ultra large ships in constrained portions of the Suez. He also called for the requirement of tug escorts and the availability of larger salvage vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe final determination for the cause of Ever Given<\/em> will eventually reveal if weather, mechanical, or human error was the root cause and will contribute to the final decision on modifications to the Suez,\u201d Mercogliano concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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