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CLAT 2021 21 Year Experienced Team

f Joint naval exercise IBSAMAR (IBSA Maritime Exercise) is an important part of IBSA Trilateral defence
cooperation.

Suez Canal Blockade

f The Suez Canal was blocked in both directions by the ultralarge Golden-class container ship 'Ever Given'.
About:

f The ship was stuck due to a mishap caused by bad weather.
f This is causing a huge jam of vessels at either end of the vital international trade artery.
f The ship became stuck near the southern end of the Suez Canal.
f The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said the ship had lost the ability to steer amid high winds and a dust
storm.

f The ship remained in place for six days before it was being freed on 29 March 2021.
The Ship:
f The EVER Given is 400-metre-long and weighs 220,000 tons.
f It is operated by container transportation and shipping company Evergreen Marine, a Taiwanese
company.

f On 23 March 2021 the ship was traveling from Malaysia to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Rescue Operation:
f 14 tugboats pulled and pushed the Ever Given at high tide to try to dislodge it and they were able to move
the ship "30 degrees from left and right'.
The Cost of the Blockage:

f About 12% of global trade, around one million barrels of oil and roughly 8% of liquefied natural gas pass
through the canal each day.

f The Suez Canal Authority revealed that the Canal's revenues were taking 14-15 million US Dollar hit for
each day of the blockage.
f The Suez Canal blockage doesn't just affect the global shipping industry or the Egyptian economy -
countless businesses, from domestic transport providers to retailers, supermarkets and manufacturers
are also impacted.
About Suez Canal:
f The Suez Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world. Suez Canal is the sea-level waterway
running northsouth across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean and the Red seas.

f It is 120 miles (190 km) long, 24 metres (79 ft) deep and 205 metres wide Construction of the canal
started in 1859 and was completed by 1869 and the construction was commissioned by the regional
authority of the Ottoman Empire.

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