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Authorities plan to use tidal movement to free ship
As all earnest attempts to release the ship fail , a plan is made to refloat the vessel by taking advantage of tidal movements . Nevertheless , the ship remained stuck in the waterway while around 320 vessels lay waiting .
Additional tugboats deployed , excavators dig into the canal ' s eastern wall
Satellite photos show excavators digging the eastern wall of the Suez Canal , hoping to free the bow of the Ever Given that ploughed into the embankment . Workers plan on two more attempts to free the vessel coinciding with high tides .
After moving over 30,000 cubic meters of sand the Ever Given finally sets adrift
After salvage teams with tugs pull the ship free , at 3 pm local time , the manager of the Ever Given container ship confirms it has been refloated . To help clear the backlog , the number of vessels moving through is expected to increase .
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