Questions About Insurance Key In Legal Aftermath Of Suez Blockage

The world watched as the MV Ever Given remained stuck in the Suez Canal between March 23 and 29.

The ultra-large 20,000-TEU vessel was in the middle of its voyage from the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia to the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, when, according to the vessel operators, strong winds made it run aground. Its 430-yard-long hull nestled obliquely along both edges of the narrow canal.

The general public pays little attention to logistics until things go wrong. Doing otherwise would be like giving some thought to all the water treatment plants and power substations that stand in between them and the sources of water and electricity they expect to reach their faucets and light switches.

It is a testimony to how well logistics takes place that the general public can afford to be so complacent. A lot of logistics goes on behind the scenes.