Evergreen said the vessel’s Hamburg call would be omitted, in accordance with the ship’s seaworthiness certificate, which has also directed the vessel to sail at lower speeds. Ever Given is expected to arrive on its first port of call, Rotterdam’s Delta Terminal, on 28 July to discharge cargo, including transhipment boxes, before leaving for the port’s Euromax Terminal, where on 2 August it will discharge Hamburg-bound cargo for transhipment. All transhipment cargo will be loaded onto the Ever Utile at Rotterdam’s Euromax terminals. The vessel will call at Felixstowe to discharge cargo for the UK.

Filmed at 6am this morning, 5 August 2021. Ever Given heads out. Container ship Ever Given is shown steaming out at around 10 knots along the Harwich Approach Channel towards Sunk Deep Water Anchorage, where she presently rests at anchor at 9.30am. Her AIS transponder is showing her destination as the Suez Canal, but in fact she is reportedly due to sail for Dunkirk where her bow bulb and underside will be inspected and probable repairs carried out. After that, depending on Evergreen's plans and intentions, she may resume some Northern European calls to collect exports and empty boxes for the backhaul leg of her rotation back to the Far East.