All ships of this size have a number of large ballast tanks that they use to pump seawater in and out to compensate for placement of cargo.
My guess would be that they've emptied the ballast tanks in the end that has run aground and filled them in the other end to rise the keel.
Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship
by testfoobar on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @12:53PM
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That makes sense. I wonder though how much difference ballast rebalancing can make on this fully loaded ship.
The bulbous bow seems pretty jammed into the side
https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1374597391463120896
It has gone in with some force.
I’m not a ship engineer but I do know that ships are not built to be suspended from the ends. I guess in the worst case the hull breaks which would mean the canal to be blocked for quite a while.
Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship
by herendin2 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @02:50AM
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That's usually only a real problem when the ship is suspended in the air, between wavetops. This one is still in the water, though maybe it has a little less support in the center than normal
Ships actually are designed to be suspended from the ends. Ocean going vessels are going to experience wave crests which can be any length apart, including the full length of the ship.
https://www.google.com/search?q=evergreen+ever+given&source=...
In this picture of the ship stuck in the Suez, the red/black line appears to tilt noticeably upwards towards the bow:
https://twitter.com/marceldirsus/status/1374480496789393412
If this isn't some sort of optical illusion, the bow of the ship appears runaground by quite a bit.