3 days ago · The Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, careened out of control in March 2021, slamming into the banks of the Suez Canal and blocking the waterway.Nearly as long as the ...

The Suez Canal was blocked for six days from 23 to 29 March 2021 by the Ever Given, a container ship that had run aground in the canal. [ 4 ] The 400-metre-long (1,300 ft), 224,000-ton, 20,000 TEU vessel was buffeted by strong winds on the morning of 23 March, and ended up wedged across the waterway with its bow and stern stuck on opposite ...

4 days ago · The Suez Canal Authority, which operates the waterway, said the episode had cost Egypt up to $90 million in lost toll revenue as ships waited to pass through the blocked canal or took other routes. The Suez Canal is one of the most important trading routes in the world, accounting for about 12 percent of global trade. After the Ever Given was ...

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Mar 24, 2021 · A giant container ship the length of four football pitches has become wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking one of the world's busiest trade routes.

Mar 29, 2021 · Engineers on Monday “partially refloated " the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be set free. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)

Mar 25, 2021 · The Ever Given, a 1,300-foot, Japanese-owned container ship en route from China to Europe that became stuck in the Suez Canal for days, was freed on Monday after a round-the-clock scramble to...

Mar 24, 2021 · ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) — A skyscraper-sized container ship has become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal and blocked all traffic in the vital waterway, officials said Wednesday, threatening to disrupt a global shipping system already strained by the coronavirus pandemic.

On March 24 the container ship Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, causing potentially billions in lost trade while hundreds of other cargo ships motored in circles waiting for the canal to reopen.

Mar 26, 2021 · Tel Aviv — The massive container ship that ran aground in Egypt's Suez Canal early this week was still blocking one of the world's busiest shipping routes on Friday, and officials have said it...