Suez Canal traffic resumes

Market: Crude oil, Freight, Metals, Natural gas, Oil products
29/03/21

Vessel traffic has restarted in the Suez Canal, after the containership Ever Given was successfully dislodged from the bank where it had run aground on 23 March, and escorted to the Great Bitter Lake.

Vesseltracker shows that the first of the convoy of ships that had been waiting in the Great Bitter Lake, midway through the canal, to transit southbound, are underway towards the southern channel in which the Ever Given was stuck.

Shipping agent Leth Agencies said that this will be followed by 30 vessels transiting through the canal southbound from the Port Said anchorage, with further movements still to be announced. Vessel tracking service Fleetmon shows a number of vessels entering the north end of the canal from the Port Said anchorage.

The six day blockage has left a significant backlog of ships waiting to transit the canal. Leth Agencies said that 367 ships were waiting to transit the canal early today. A source at another shipping agent, Clarkson Shipping Agency, estimated that this backlog will take five-seven days to clear.

The list of ships waiting to transit the canal, or approaching from the north or south side, includes 36 dirty tankers and 26 clean tankers, according to Argus data (see table).

By Will Collins

Tankers awaiting Suez passage
Market	Vessel	Vessel Class	Status	Cargo	Direction	Anchorage	Origin

clean	Energy Centurion	LR1	laden	alkylate	Northbound	Suez	Sikka
clean	Nautical Deborah	LR1	laden	jet/kero	Northbound	Suez	Sikka
clean	Al Soor Ii	LR1	laden	Diesel/gasoil	Northbound	Suez	Mina Abdulla
clean	Pacific Debbie	LR1	laden	Diesel/gasoil	Northbound	Suez	Jubail
clean	STI Precision	LR1	laden	Gasoline	Northbound	Approaching	Sikka
clean	Talara	LR1	laden	jet/kero	Northbound	Approaching	Vadinar
clean	STI Precision	LR1	laden	Gasoline	Northbound	Approaching	Sikka
clean	STI Broadway	LR2	laden	Diesel/gasoil	Northbound	Suez	Yanbu
clean	Pacific A Dorodchi	LR2	laden	naphtha/diesel/gasoil	Northbound	Suez	Sohar
clean	Torm Hermia	LR2	laden	ULSD	Northbound	Suez	Yanbu
clean	STI Rose	LR2	laden	ULSD	Northbound	Approaching	Sohar
clean	STI Oxford	LR2	laden	Gasoil	Northbound	Approaching	Yanbu
clean	Alpins Aqualina	LR2	laden	Jet/ULSD	Northbound	Approaching	Jebel Dhanna
clean	Atalanta T	MR	laden	jet/kero	Northbound	Suez	New Mangalore
clean	Minerva Rita	MR	laden	Gasoil	Northbound	Suez	Yanbu
clean	Gladys W	MR	laden	Biodiesel	Northbound	Suez	Mumbai
clean	Navig8 Success	MR	laden	Gasoil	Northbound	Suez	Ras Laffan
clean	TRF Bergen	MR	laden	Biodiesel	Northbound	Approaching	Yanbu
clean	Eco Van Nuys	MR	laden	Biodiesel	Northbound	Approaching	Pasir Gudang, MY
clean	Bowfin	LR1	laden	naphtha	Southbound	Port Said	Tuapse
clean	Hafnia Shanghai	LR1	laden	Naphtha	Southbound	Port Said	Malta STS
clean	Torm Sofia	LR1	laden	Naphtha	Southbound	Port Said	Tuapse
clean	Spetses Lady	LR2	laden	naphtha	Southbound	Port Said	Novorossiysk
clean	STI Guard	LR2	laden	Naphtha	Southbound	Approaching	Skikda
clean	NCC Sama	MR	laden	Other Clean products	Southbound	Port Said	Lavera
clean	Maersk Maru	MR	laden	Diesel/gasoil	Southbound	Port Said	Rotterdam
dirty	Myrtos	Aframax	ballast		Northbound	Suez	Sikka
dirty	Glifa	Aframax	ballast		Northbound	Suez	Onsan
dirty	Seliger	Aframax	ballast		Northbound	Suez	Paradip
dirty	Seaways Yosemite	Aframax	ballast		Northbound	Suez	Sriracha
dirty	Aqualegend	Aframax	laden	fuel oil	Northbound	Suez	Jubail
dirty	Sea Beech	Aframax	laden	Crude	Northbound	Suez	Yemen
dirty	Maersk Aegean	Handysize	laden	fuel oil	Northbound	Suez	Fujairah
dirty	Aliakmon	Panamax	ballast		Northbound	Suez	Suez STS
dirty	Maran Cassiopeia	Suezmax	ballast		Northbound	Suez	Fujairah
dirty	Seadancer	Suezmax	ballast		Northbound	Suez	New Mangalore
dirty	Nissos Sifnos	Suezmax	ballast		Northbound	Suez	Tianjin
dirty	Militos	Suezmax	ballast		Northbound	Approaching	Tianjin
dirty	Minerva Georgia	Suezmax	ballast		Northbound	Approaching	Tianjin
dirty	Donat	Suezmax	ballast		Northbound	Approaching	Kochi
dirty	Ithaki Warrior	Suezmax	laden	crude	Northbound	Suez	Ras Tanura
dirty	Elandra Falcon	Suezmax	laden	crude	Northbound	Suez	Basrah Oil Terminal
dirty	New Discovery	Suezmax	laden	crude (58.2kt)	Northbound	Suez	Unclear
dirty	Fairway	Suezmax	laden	Crude	Northbound	Approaching	Juaymah Terminal
dirty	Kriti Vigor	Suezmax	laden	Crude	Northbound	Approaching	Basrah Oil Terminal
dirty	Delta Hellas	Suezmax	laden	Crude	Northbound	Approaching	Basrah Oil Terminal
dirty	Jag Leela	Aframax	laden	fuel oil	Southbound	Port Said	USG
dirty	Minerva Zenobia	Aframax	laden	fuel oil	Southbound	Port Said	Rotterdam
dirty	MT Leo	Aframax	laden	Crude	Southbound	Port Said	Libya
dirty	Green Warrior	Aframax	laden	Crude	Southbound	Approaching	Novorossiysk
dirty	Emerald	MR	laden	fuel oil	Southbound	Great Bitter Lake	Novorossiysk
dirty	Almi Odyssey	Suezmax	laden	fuel oil	Southbound	Port Said	Rotterdam
dirty	Maran Hercules	Suezmax	laden	crude	Southbound	Port Said	Libya
dirty	Nordic Cygnus	Suezmax	laden	crude	Southbound	Port Said	CPC
dirty	Sonangol Rangel	Suezmax	laden	crude	Southbound	Port Said	CPC
dirty	Kasos	Suezmax	laden	Crude	Southbound	Port Said	Libya
dirty	Violando	Suezmax	laden	Crude	Southbound	Port Said	Novorossiysk
dirty	Tilos I	Suezmax	laden	crude	Southbound	Port Said	Libya
dirty	Front Shanghai	Suezmax	laden	Crude	Southbound	Port Said	Southtex Lightering
dirty	Christina	Suezmax	laden	Crude	Southbound	Port Said	Ceyhan
dirty	Apache	Suezmax	laden	Crude	Southbound	Port Said	Mexico
dirty	Tahiti	Suezmax	laden	Crude	Southbound	Approaching	Zueitina, Libya
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