ʻO kekahi o nā moku ipu nui loa o ka honua i holo i ke kahawai ʻo Suez, e ālai loa ana i ke kaʻa i loko o ke aʻa kālepa koʻikoʻi e hoʻopili ana iā ʻEulopa, ʻAsia, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ka Hikina Waena, e like me ka ʻike o ka hoʻouna ʻana. Ma kahi o 12% o ke kālepa honua e hele ana ma ke kahawai, 30% o ka nui o ka moku pahu pahu makahiki o ka honua, a ma kahi o 600 barela aila mai ka Hikina Waena a hiki i ʻEulopa a me US i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ke kahawai ke kumu nui o ka loaʻa kālā no ʻAigupita.
Ua loaʻa ka ulia pōpilikia ma kahi o 05:40 GMT ma ka Pōʻalua (Malaki 23), ua haʻi ka luna ʻenehana o Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), nona ka moku, i haʻi aku iā Reuters.
ʻO nā pahu pahu me ka aila, ke kinoea kūlohelohe, nā moku pahu me nā waiwai like ʻole, a me nā moku ukana maloʻo e hōʻiliʻili ma ka puka o ke kahawai. ʻAʻole hiki i ʻelima mau pahu wai wai maoli (LNG) ke hele ma ke kahawai i ka Pōʻakolu - ʻekolu mau palena no Asia a ʻelua no ʻEulopa, e like me ka ʻoihana loiloi Kpler. Inā hoʻomau ka ʻāʻī a hiki i ka hopena o kēia pule, e pili ana ia i ka neʻe ʻana o 15 LNG tankers a hoʻopau i ka papa holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO 10 mau tankers e lawe ana i 13 miliona mau pahu aila e paʻa pū ana ma ke ala, e like me ka Vortexa.
He mau lā ka wehe ʻana inā kūleʻa. He 400 mika ka loa o ka moku a he 60 mika ka laula. Paʻa ka moku ma kahi ʻāpana haiki o ke kahawai ma muli o ka ʻino - me ka makani ikaika a lōʻihi i hoʻololi i ke ala.