苏伊士运河因“长赐”号货轮搁浅被堵多日，货轮解困进展牵动全球目光。经过了长达一周的救援，当地时间3月29日搁浅货轮已经完全脱困，苏伊士运河恢复通航。

 

Salvage¹ teams succeeded on Monday in freeing a massive container ship that had been stuck in the Suez canal for the past seven days, blocking billions of dollars' worth of cargo² from crossing one of the world’s busiest marine³ waterways.

当地时间3月29日，救援队成功让搁浅在苏伊士运河长达一周的巨型货轮脱困。过去7天这艘搁浅货轮阻止了价值数十亿美元的货物通过苏伊士运河。苏伊士运河是世界上最繁忙的海运通道之一。

 

"We pulled it off!" said Peter Berdowski, the chief executive of the Dutch salvaging⁴ firm Boskalis, which was hired to assist in the process. I am excited to announce that our team of experts, working in close collaboration⁵ with the Suez Canal Authority, successfully refloated the Ever Given on 29 March at 15.05 local time, thereby⁶ making free passage through the Suez canal possible again."

受雇参与救援的荷兰宝斯卡利斯公司的总监皮特·伯尔道斯基说：“我们做到了！我激动地宣布，我们的专家队通过与苏伊士运河管理方密切合作，于当地时间3月29日15点05分成功让‘长赐’号重新漂浮，从而让苏伊士运河恢复通航。”

 

He said 30,000 cubic metres of sand had been dredged to help free the vessel⁷, which had been pulled free using 13 tugboats.

他表示，为了让货轮脱困，挖掘机挖走了3万立方米的泥沙，并动用了13艘拖船。

 

A full moon on Sunday gave the salvager⁸ an especially promising⁹ 24-hour window to work in, with a few extra inches of tidal flow providing a vital assist.

上周日恰逢满月，让救援队获得了24小时的绝佳窗口期，涨潮时水位比平时升高了几英寸，提供了至关重要的助推力。

 

Then, just before dawn, the ship slowly regained¹⁰ buoyancy.

在即将破晓时，货轮慢慢地浮了起来。

 

Even with the vessel released, it could be several days before other ships can sail through the canal, said a Greek sea captain whose oil tanker¹¹ is stuck behind the Ever Given. "According to the canal’s rules they have to remove it."

被困在现场的一艘希腊油轮的船长表示，就算“长赐”号脱困，也要几天以后才能让其他船只通过苏伊士运河。根据运河管理方的规定，他们需要先把被困的那艘货轮挪走。

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