Professor Michael Bell: The Suez blockage was 'an accident waiting to happen'
Matt Heath & Tyler Adams Afternoons · Newstalk ZB
March 30, 20218m 44s
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Salvage teams have finally freed the colossal container ship stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal, ending a crisis that had clogged one of the world’s most vital waterways and halted billions of dollars a day in maritime commerce.
A flotilla of tugboats, helped by the tides, wrenched the bulbous bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since March 23.
Sydney University Professor of Ports and Maritime Logistics Michael Bell joined Simon Barnett & Phil Gifford to chat about this incredible story.
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A flotilla of tugboats, helped by the tides, wrenched the bulbous bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since March 23.
Sydney University Professor of Ports and Maritime Logistics Michael Bell joined Simon Barnett & Phil Gifford to chat about this incredible story.
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