As efforts to dislodge the huge container ship stuck in the Suez Canal intensified Saturday, an animal-rights nonprofit is airing concerns over animals trapped in cargo vessels, reports abc7 news.
Animals at risk
Ships carrying livestock to different countries in Europe and Asia are among the billions of dollars worth of significant cargo and sensitive products left on ships with blocked roads.
Gabriel Pawn, EU director of NGO Animals International, said thousands of animals being transported on 13 vessels (mainly in Romanian) are at risk of dying if the situation is not resolved within a few days. More ships carrying livestock are now approaching the Suez Canal, Pawn said.
“If the route is not released within the next 24 hours, we are sitting in front of a great tragedy due to a shortage of ships. [livestock] Food and water in the next two days.”
A possible disaster brewing!
Some ships have food and water for another six days, “if you decide to return to Romania today, you have a chance, but if the blockade lasts two to six days, a disaster will occur,” Paun added.
A livestock carrier, Naborsi, has been sailing for 21 days since leaving Colombia on March 6, and is currently waiting for the passage of a blocked canal carrying animals, according to MarineTraffic. Spokesman Georgias Hatzimanolis said.
- For companies and countries where trade is stalled, every day they pass is expensive. About 12% of the world’s trade passes through the Suez Canal, typically processing about $10 billion of cargo per day.
- In 2020, more than 18,800 net tonnage 1.17 billion tonnes passed through the canal. This is an average of 51.5 ships per day.
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Source: abc news
