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  • Ever Given

    Giant container ship that blocked Suez Canal set free

    Isabel Debre and Samy Magdy, The Associated Press|Updated Apr 1, 2021

    Salvage teams Monday, March 29, set free a colossal container ship that has halted global trade through the Suez Canal, bringing an end to a crisis that for nearly a week had clogged one of the world's most vital maritime arteries. Helped by the peak of high tide, a flotilla of tugboats managed to wrench the bulbous bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given from the canal's sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since Tuesday, March 23. After hauling the fully laden 220,000-...

  • No timeline given for extracting wedged ship from Suez Canal

    SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press|Updated Mar 29, 2021

    Mar 27, 2021 4:43PM (GMT 23:43) SUEZ, Egypt (AP) - A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities made new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial waterway whose blockage is disrupting global shipping and trade. Meanwhile, the head of the Suez Canal Authority said strong winds were "not the only cause" for the Ever Given running aground on Tuesday, appearing to push back against conflicting assessments...

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