Suez Canal is finally opened, but backlog could take weeks to unravel
The Ever Given will be inspected for seaworthiness as at least 369 vessels wait to transit the canal
29 March 2021 - 16:58
Ismailia — Shipping traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal resumed on Monday after the giant container ship blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, the canal authority said.
The 400m-long Ever Given became jammed diagonally across a southern section of the canal in high winds early last Tuesday, halting traffic on the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia...
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