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The ship was successfully re-floated at 4.30 am local time today and was being secured at the moment, Inchcape, a global provider of marine services said on Twitter.
Ship-tracking service VesselFinder has changed the ship’s status to under way on its website.
The 400-metre (430-yard) long Ever Given became jammed diagonally across a southern section of the canal in high winds early on Tuesday, halting shipping traffic on the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia.
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Egypt’s Leth Agencies tweeted the ship had been partially refloated, pending official confirmation from the Suez Canal Authority.
The Suez Canal Authority had earlier said in a statement that tugging operations to free the ship had resumed. The Suez Canal salvage teams intensified excavation and dredging on Sunday and were hoping a high tide would help them dislodge it.
Crude oil prices fell after news the ship had been re-floated, with Brent crude down by $1 per barrel to $63.67.
The ship’s technical manager Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) did not immediately respond to a request to comment.
Reporting by Akshay Lodaya, Yusri Mohamed; Writing by Nadine Awadalla, Florence Tan and Himani Sarkar; Editing by Lincoln Feast.
Stranded container ship blocking Suez Canal re-floated