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原文传递 THE REVIEW

题名：	THE REVIEW
正文语种：	eng
作者：	INES NASTALI
摘要：	You would think by now we know most details about the incident that took place on 23 March 2021 in the Suez Canal when container ship Ever Given got caught up in a sandstorm and ran aground in the vital trade lifeline. However, more was going on behind the scenes than what was publicized. Dredging company Boskalis, heavily involved in those efforts through its Smit Salvage company, has now written up reports from what its team, which it internally called the Suez 5 - a team of two naval architects, a commercial manager, master, and a salvage superintendent. The book summarizes the events in diary form, including the thoughts and challenges that the salvagers had, and combines those with general information of the Suez Canal and vessel. This results in not only a very informative, but somewhat emotional book. The infrastructure and eguipment involved in getting the ship out of the canal - while also planning for ways to do so had Plan A, pulling the ship out after making it lighter, not worked - is impressive. While Boskalis acknowledged that "The Egyptians tackled the situation in a resolute way," the sheer force needed for the operation outweighed the performance of their equipment. Most of the Suez Canal Authority's tugs have a bollard pull of no more than 45 to 65 metric tons. Boskalis' CEO Peter Berdowski later revealed that a bollard pull of 10,000 metric tons was needed. Another interesting insight into the operation had to do with communications around the incident. Once Boskalis confirmed it was involved in the salvage, its PR department got inundated with calls from global media mostly interested in knowing when the vessel will be free again.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Ports & harbors
卷：	67
期：	2
页码：	36-36