Suez Canal Accident

In the previous days, an accident that could seriously damage the world economy occurred in the Suez Canal, one of the busiest points of the world’s maritime traffic. As known about the Ever Given vessel, it has a container carrying capacity of 20 thousand tons and a self-weight of 220 tons. It ran aground due to the sandstorm and prevented all vessel crossings, panicking the whole world trade. An average of 70 vessels have been provided passage per day. In comparison, approximately 12 percent (about 19 thousand vessels per year) of the world trade passes here on the Suez Canal, which acts as a bridge and connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. 

What will this accident cost the world?

It is known that the accident that occurred in the Suez Canal, which carries such importance to world trade, has prevented the passage of over 300 ships, 30 of which are petroleum tankers. These disruptions in the petroleum trade caused partial increases in petroleum prices worldwide. Reputed maritime magazine Lloyd’s List published that the goods worth $ 9 billion were spoiled due to the Suez Canal accident. According to some reports, it is stated that world trade suffers approximately 10 billion dollars in losses each day.

What is the approach of ShipsGo to the Suez Canal accident?

As a result of this unfortunate accident, ShipsGo has been diligently investigating and gathering information about the accident from the very first minutes. In addition to closely monitoring the event by all teams in ShipsGo, our operations team, with more than 20 members, aimed to check and inform our customers about the vessels and containers affected in the accident. The operations team has checked the container and vessel status many times manually and robot technology developed by the ShipsGo IT team.

As a result of the operations and IT teams’ scans: ShipsGo users’ loadings were being transported in the 115 vessels among over 300 vessels as 5410 containers awaiting the opening of the Suez Canal. According to the data collected, there are 2595 shipments and approximately 8000 TEUs remaining in the Suez Canal.

163 ShipsGo users were reached and informed about the status of the total 5410 containers. They have been sent a list of their containers that remain in the vessels waiting in the Suez Canal. In this way, they were able to provide their customers with the necessary information at the right time.

Even the smallest disruptions occurring in such important key points can deeply affect the world economy. Business functions may be interrupted not only on a company basis but also on an individual basis. For the companies and individuals in the import and export sector, the transparency and accessibility of the goods during the vessel voyage mean everything, especially in such a game-changing case. So, it carries prime importance for us that ShipsGo users know every current situation about the accident. To ensure this, all of our teams are closely monitoring the situation since day one. 

Customer Reaction 

Reaching 163 customers at the right time allowed us to receive good feedback from them. Our teams’ detailed status emails in such a sensitive situation paved the way for our customers to develop correct business moves and create fast solutions for their operations.

(Here is the list of the vessels carrying the containers of our customers and waiting at the Suez Canal)

IDNameIMO
12262EVER GIVEN9811000
4129MAERSK DENVER9332999
3407INDIAN EXPRESS9405112
2664EVER EXCEL9241322
5645NYK ORION9312999
5616ONE CRANE9741401
5479NEW YORK EXPRESS9501332
2997GUNDE MAERSK9359014
5184MSC ROMA9304447
15468EVER GLOBE9786841
4144MAERSK ESMERALDAS9502972
4242MAERSK SAIGON9303534
7711YM WISH9684641
3556EGY CROWN9216107
5518NORDEROOG9256315
1715CAP SAN SOUNIO9633953
8985CMA CGM LISA MARIE9729099
6418SEAMAX NORWALK9290464
15202MAERSK HANOI9784295
2864GEORG MAERSK9320257
6247SALAHUDDIN9708796
1184APL CHANGI9631981
7546XIN SHANGHAI9307231
1374ATHENIAN9408865
964ADRIAN MAERSK9260457
4426MARY MAERSK9619921
5299MUNKEBO MAERSK9632117
1953CMA CGM GEORG FORSTER9702144
5903BELITA9318060
2227COSCO SHIPPING HIMALAYAS9757840
6990THALASSA NIKI9665645
1013AL NASRIYAH9708849
5296MUNICH MAERSK9778806
5021MSC ISTANBUL9606326
2218COSCO PRIDE9472153
1412AXEL MAERSK9260419
2626EUGEN MAERSK9321550
7706YM WHOLESOME9704611
2500GSL GRANIA9285653
6416SEAMAX GREEWICH9286267
7126TSINGTAO EXPRESS9320702
7291SAGAMORE9322009
4252MAERSK SELETAR9315197
6961TAURUS9728942
8972COSCO SHIPPING LEO9783502
9004COSCO SHIPPING PEONY9785744
15632HMM GDANSK9863326
7638YM FOUNTAIN9278090
1437BALTIC BRIDGE9290488
6137RIO BARROW9216999
1247APL VANDA9631993
1936CMA CGM COLUMBIA9722663
1984CMA CGM LYRA9410806
1993CMA CGM MEKONG9718105
2109CONTI EVEREST9286231
15309COSCO SHIPPING AZALEA9785756
14065COSCO CAPRICORN9783514
2824MAERSK DAKAR9302449
15535MSC AMBRA9839480
4913MSC CHANNE9710438
4966MSC ERICA9755191
4999MSC GIULIA9770737
5149MSC OSCAR9703291
5180MSC RIFAYA9767388
6299SANTA CRUZ9444742
7662YM MANDATE9438523
4234MAERSK OHIO9298698
2527EBBA MAERSK9321524
6207S SANTIAGO9302566
5170MSC RAPALLO9484455
14049MAERSK HAMBURG9784312
15494MSC MIA9839466
4324MAJESTIC MAERSK9619919
5125MSC MIRJAM9767376
4179MAERSK KALMAR9153862
4282MAERSK UTAH9305300
4869MSC AURORA9484481
4159MAERSK GIBRALTAR9739692
4188MAERSK KINLOSS9333022
4257MAERSK SENTOSA9315202
4180MAERSK KAMPALA9215311
4772MONACO MAERSK9778832
4133MAERSK EDIRNE9502867
5278MSC ZOE9703318
4160MAERSK GIRONDE9235555
4162MAERSK GUAYAQUIL9727871
4938MSC DIANA9755933
15307MAERSK HOUSTON9848950
4985MSC FRANCESCA9401116
5243MSC TINA9762340
4196MAERSK KYRENIA9211494
15480MSC NELA9839296
4161MAERSK GUATEMALA9713375
14066MAERSK HAVANA9784336
5669OAKLAND9200811
4883MSC BETTINA9399038
4184MAERSK KENSINGTON9333010
2513E.R. BERLIN9214214
4118MAERSK CHICAGO9332975
1017AL RAWDAH9349564
7392WARNOW MASTER9449833
1680TOKYO BAY9629380
1464BARZAN9708851
3891LAILA9377559
15787CC CHAMPS ELYSEES9839131
1220APL NEW YORK9597484
1931CMA CGM CENTAURUS9410777
9020MEISHAN BRIDGE9805465
5655NYK SWAN9741437
8941MILANO BRIDGE9757187
7710YM WINNER9684689
1093AMOLIANI9635640
6500SHANGHAI EXPRESS9501368
7501XIN CHANG SHU9304813
4735MOL MAESTRO9415727