(a) whether Indian maritime trade got affected as a cargo ship judicially seized by Egypt remain stuck in Suez Canal for a long time in March, 2021; and
(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of Indian ships affected due to the said crisis?
(a) whether Indian maritime trade got affected as a cargo ship judicially seized by Egypt remain stuck in Suez Canal for a long time in March, 2021; and
(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of Indian ships affected due to the said crisis?
(a) & (b): The EVERGIVEN ship got stuck in the Suez Canal on 23 March 2021 and after numerous salvage operations for 6 days, the ship was freed and the canal, cleared. There was no adverse impact on the overall Indian maritime trade due to the blockage of the Suez canal arising out of the grounding of the vessel Ever Given. One Indian vessel had to wait in queue for the traffic to open up.
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