Taiwan Evergreen truck jams traffic in China

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Amid the global shipping crisis caused by a ship chartered by Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp., a truck carrying an Evergreen container caused a massive traffic jam on a busy expressway in China.

The Panama-flagged Ever Given, chartered by Evergreen Marine Corp. and owned by Japanese firm Shoei Kisen Kaisha, became wedged sideways in the middle of the Suez Canal on March 23. As of the time of publication, the gargantuan vessel is still stuck, delaying US$9.6 billion in maritime traffic per day.

On Saturday (March 27) traffic camera footage surfaced of a truck carrying a bright green Evergreen container involved in an accident on a busy expressway in China's Jiangsu Province, causing a long line of vehicles to be jam-packed behind it. As can be seen from the timestamp, the photo was taken at 9:55 a.m. on the Changchun-Shenzhen Expressway in Nanjing.

Given the significant disruption to global supply chains caused by the Ever Given, netizens quickly shared the photo on social media, both in China and across the globe. Many pointed out that the scene appeared to be an uncanny land version of the canal conundrum, with the truck even stuck at the same 45-degree angle to the right as the mega-ship.

Chinese users of Weibo had a field day poking fun at the Taiwanese company:

"This looks very familiar..."

"Yes! This business coverage is very comprehensive, blocking the sea, land, and air."

"Good guy! Sea, land, and air, it hasn't missed anything. Here comes EVA Air."

"This is Taiwan independence."

International netizens also jumped on the bandwagon:

"It happened again."

"Evergreen in Suez... and now... Evergreen in China..."

"Just outta curiosity, will the shipping line get their pants sued off?"

"Everstuck"

"The whole world knows Taiwan is ruled by 'Green.'"

Evergreen Group claims it does not operate a trailer truck line in China, reported China Times.

Although Evergreen is the charter, the owner and shipbuilder are Japanese, the captain and crew are Indian, the pilots are Egyptian, the operator is German, the insurer is British, the cargo was made in China, the salvors are Dutch, the ship is Panamanian, and the classification society is American.

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themickey said:
"Just outta curiosity, will the shipping line get their pants sued off?"
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They might. Now, it's getting personal.:)
https://nypost.com/2021/03/29/ship-carrying-sex-toys-among-blocked-vessels-in-suez-canal/
Ship carrying sex toys among hundreds of blocked vessels in Suez Canal
By Yaron SteinbuchMarch 29, 2021 | 6:38am | Updated
A happy ending appears to be in sight for the hundreds of ships blocked by the massive container ship in the Suez Canal – including one carrying a cargo of sex toys, according to a report.

Engineers have “partially refloated” the gargantuan Ever Given, which became wedged in the vital global waterway for almost a week, causing a shipping logjam that has caused almost $10 billion in commercial losses a day.

As the operation to free the leviathan reaches a climax, a ship bearing about 20 containers of dildos, vibrators and male masturbators may finally continue its voyage and get the adult toys into the eager hands of frustrated customers, the UK’s Metro reported.

EDC Retail — a Dutch company that runs the biggest online sex toys shop in the Netherlands and Belgium — predicts it is losing millions because it has been unable to replenish its stocks after huge sales during the coronavirus lockdown and Valentine’s Day, according to the outlet.

The Ever Given container ship’s blocking of the Suez Canal has caused crippling international trade delays and caused multi-million-dollar losses.
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Company honchos considered rerouting the ship around Africa, but that would have taken an extra five to seven days to reach its destination.

“There are more than 20 containers full of well-running items, such as vibrators, dildos and male masturbators,” CEO Evertine Magerman told Dutch news website RTV Noord.

The Ever Given after it was partially refloated in the Suez Canal.
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“A lot of these products were sold for Christmas and Valentine’s Day, for example. There is now an extra lot on the way to restore stocks, but that is not possible now,” Magerman said.

“It is annoying that such a hitch will continue for a long time before the rhythm in the transport chain is restored,” she added.

Satellite data from MarineTraffic.com showed that the Ever Giben’s bulbous bow has been partly wrested from the shore — although it remained stuck at the canal’s edge.

A ship bearing about 20 containers of dildos, vibrators and male masturbators may finally continue its voyage and get the adult toys into the eager hands of frustrated customers.
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The ship’s stern has swung around and is now in the middle of the waterway, the tracking data showed.

Although the development marked the vessel’s most significant movement since getting stuck last week, the salvage crew urged caution as obstacles remained.

“Don’t cheer too soon,” Peter Berdowski, CEO of Boskalis, the salvage firm hired to extract the Ever Given, told Dutch NPO Radio 1.
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Hilarious coincidence. By the way are you of Taiwanese origin? Its probably seldom that someone else from down under scouts Taiwanese news.


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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Amid the global shipping crisis caused by a ship chartered by Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp., a truck carrying an Evergreen container caused a massive traffic jam on a busy expressway in China.

The Panama-flagged Ever Given, chartered by Evergreen Marine Corp. and owned by Japanese firm Shoei Kisen Kaisha, became wedged sideways in the middle of the Suez Canal on March 23. As of the time of publication, the gargantuan vessel is still stuck, delaying US$9.6 billion in maritime traffic per day.

On Saturday (March 27) traffic camera footage surfaced of a truck carrying a bright green Evergreen container involved in an accident on a busy expressway in China's Jiangsu Province, causing a long line of vehicles to be jam-packed behind it. As can be seen from the timestamp, the photo was taken at 9:55 a.m. on the Changchun-Shenzhen Expressway in Nanjing.

Given the significant disruption to global supply chains caused by the Ever Given, netizens quickly shared the photo on social media, both in China and across the globe. Many pointed out that the scene appeared to be an uncanny land version of the canal conundrum, with the truck even stuck at the same 45-degree angle to the right as the mega-ship.

Chinese users of Weibo had a field day poking fun at the Taiwanese company:

"This looks very familiar..."

"Yes! This business coverage is very comprehensive, blocking the sea, land, and air."

"Good guy! Sea, land, and air, it hasn't missed anything. Here comes EVA Air."

"This is Taiwan independence."

International netizens also jumped on the bandwagon:

"It happened again."

"Evergreen in Suez... and now... Evergreen in China..."

"Just outta curiosity, will the shipping line get their pants sued off?"

"Everstuck"

"The whole world knows Taiwan is ruled by 'Green.'"

Evergreen Group claims it does not operate a trailer truck line in China, reported China Times.

Although Evergreen is the charter, the owner and shipbuilder are Japanese, the captain and crew are Indian, the pilots are Egyptian, the operator is German, the insurer is British, the cargo was made in China, the salvors are Dutch, the ship is Panamanian, and the classification society is American.

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