In this world, this and that kind of thing happens every day, but these few things are really surprising.
In late March this year, Taiwan's Evergreen Shipping container ship "Changshi" suddenly encountered an accident, resulting in the Suez Canal was blocked by two-way traffic for six days, and 450 ships were blocked in the Suez Canal because of the stranding accident, which had a huge impact on global trade.
On September 9, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, the Coral Crystal, ran aground in the double-channel section of the River 33 miles after entering the Suez Canal, causing global shipping chaos, and the Suez Canal Authority had to divert other vessels to another channel.
After the Coral Crystal ran aground, the Canal Authority tug managed to float the 43,000-tonne cargo ship. Fortunately, after a series of operations, the Coral Crystal was able to get out of the woods due to proper and professional handling.
Officials did not say why the cargo ship ran aground. Built in 2012, the ship is nearly 738 feet long and over 104 feet wide. The ship was on its way to Port Sudan in the Red Sea.
At present, all boats have been allowed to pass in both directions from the canal.
About 10 percent of world trade flows through the Suez Canal each year, a key source of foreign exchange for Egypt, through which about 19,000 cargo ships passed last year.
On April 13, an Egyptian court approved an application submitted by the Suez Canal Authority for the formal detention of the Changshi. The Suez Canal Authority demanded sky-high compensation of $916 million for Japanese shipowners due to extrication, reputational damages and loss of revenue, and after several negotiations, the two sides reached a closed settlement agreement, and the "Long Gift" set sail for the Suez Canal on July 7.
On September 8, the International Olympic Committee announced on its official website that North Korea would be barred from participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics because it refused to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.
The IOC said it had made a commitment to the North Korean Olympic Committee to host the Games safely and had always sought a safe and appropriate solution, but the North Korean Olympic Committee was absent from the Tokyo Olympics despite receiving serious warnings.
In response to a reporter's question, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in response to a reporter's question that "we are willing to maintain communication with the International Olympic Committee and relevant countries and regions on matters such as athletes and delegations coming to China to participate in the Games."
Relying on a spoon to dig a tunnel, can you really escape from prison? Yes, this happened in Israel.
On September 6, six Palestinian fugitives were found to have escaped from prison in Israel's high-security gilboa prison, and at least four of the escapees were sentenced to life imprisonment, including two leaders of anti-Israeli groups. Shockingly, the prisoners dug tunnels with spoons. The details of the whole incident are like the plot of the movie, just like the Middle Eastern version of "Excitement 1995"!
Israeli police said that suspicious persons had been reported in the farmland, and then 6 prisoners were found to have mysteriously disappeared from their cells.
Katy Perry, director of the Israeli Prisons Authority, noted that prisoners took advantage of a flaw in the design of prison cells, namely a gap behind the walls to escape. Israel's Minister of Public Security, Omer Barlev, believes that the plan for the whole incident is meticulous and detailed, and infers that there may be external help.
The Israeli judiciary, which is rather faceless in this escape, has set up checkpoints near the prison and has sent personnel to conduct large-scale searches and even dispatch helicopters.
A total of about 4,750 Palestinians are currently being held in Israel, including 42 women, 200 children, and 550 in administrative detention. (Inoue Frog)