Experts say clearing Suez Canal may even take weeks; Japanese shipowner apologises for incident
3 years, 9 months ago

Experts say clearing Suez Canal may even take weeks; Japanese shipowner apologises for incident

India Today  

The Suez Canal temporarily suspended traffic on Thursday as efforts to dislodge a 400 metre long container vessel that has blocked the waterway continued for a third day, with eight tugs working to straighten the ship. The Ever Given vessel, almost as long as the Empire State Building is high, ran aground diagonally across the single-lane stretch of the southern canal on Tuesday morning after losing the ability to steer amid high winds and a dust storm. Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said it was "temporarily suspending navigation" until refloating of the MV Ever Given ship was completed on one of the busiest maritime trade routes. A traffic jam on the Suez Canal, like the one caused by the massive Ever Given container ship, is rather a big problem. Roughly 30 per cent of the world's shipping container volume transits through the 193 km Suez Canal daily, and about 12 per cent of total global trade of all goods.

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Ships Diverted From Suez Canal Due To Houthi Attacks, Disrupting Global Trade
1 year ago

Ships Diverted From Suez Canal Due To Houthi Attacks, Disrupting Global Trade

ABP News  

Over 100 container ships were rerouted around southern Africa to avoid the Suez Canal as Houthi rebels attacked vessels on the western coast of Yemen, disrupting global trade. According to The Guardian, Kuehne and Nagel, a shipping company, identified 103 ships that had changed their routes, with more expected to go around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope. Around 19,000 …

Suez Canal Traffic Back to 'Normal' After Stuck Vessel Refloated
1 year, 11 months ago

Suez Canal Traffic Back to 'Normal' After Stuck Vessel Refloated

News 18  

Suez Canal maritime traffic was “normal” Monday after a Norwegian-owned cargo vessel ran aground but was then refloated and towed away, said the Egyptian authority running the vital waterway. Tugboats “have begun towing the ship” which had suffered “a sudden technical failure” and was now being safely towed away for repairs, said Suez Canal Authority chief Osama Rabie. Fears of …

Oil Tanker Runs Aground, Briefly Blocking Suez Canal
2 years, 3 months ago

Oil Tanker Runs Aground, Briefly Blocking Suez Canal

News 18  

An oil tanker ran aground Wednesday in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly blocking traffic in the global waterway before it was freed, the canal’s authority said. The Singaporean-flagged Affinity V vessel had become wedged in a single-lane stretch of the canal, the Suez Canal Authority’s head Osama Rabie said in a statement issued by the body. A spokesman for Suez Canal …

Vessel runs aground, briefly blocking Suez Canal
2 years, 3 months ago

Vessel runs aground, briefly blocking Suez Canal

Associated Press  

CAIRO — An oil tanker ran aground Wednesday in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly blocking traffic in the global waterway before it was freed, the canal’s authority said. The Singaporean-flagged Affinity V vessel had become wedged in a single-lane stretch of the canal, the Suez Canal Authority’s head Osama Rabie said in a statement issued by the body. A spokesman for …

Suez Canal Turns 152: A Timeline of the Evergiven Getting Stuck
3 years, 1 month ago

Suez Canal Turns 152: A Timeline of the Evergiven Getting Stuck

News 18  

The Suez Canal was officially inaugurated on this day in 1869. While the canal was opened in 1869, it came back on world news in March 2021, after a container ship, named ‘Ever Given’ got stuck in it for almost a week. From getting stuck to finally getting free, here’s a timeline of the Ever Given crisis: March 23: Ever …

Ship which blocked Suez Canal is going back through world’s most famous waterway
3 years, 4 months ago

Ship which blocked Suez Canal is going back through world’s most famous waterway

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world will watch anxiously …

Container ship stuck in the Suez Canal sets sail for Rotterdam
3 years, 5 months ago

Container ship stuck in the Suez Canal sets sail for Rotterdam

NL Times  

The container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for days in March set sail again following a settlement that was reached with Egyptian authorities, NOS reported. The ship was then able to leave a lake near the Suez Canal on Wednesday for the first time since March. The ship ran aground on March 23 and remained stuck in the canal …

Suez Canal shipping backlog cleared
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez Canal shipping backlog cleared

Al Jazeera  

Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority said 85 ships expected to pass the canal from both sides on Saturday. Suez Canal Authority has said that all 422 ships stranded by the grounding of the giant container ship Ever Given passed through the canal by Saturday, ending the backlog caused by the blockage Osama Rabie, chairman of the SCA, said 85 …

Traffic Jam Eases Further in Suez Canal After Ship Unblocked
3 years, 8 months ago

Traffic Jam Eases Further in Suez Canal After Ship Unblocked

News 18  

The traffic congestion caused by a cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week continued to ease on Friday, with the number of ships waiting to transit falling to 206, canal services firm Leth Agencies said, from over 300 three days ago. On Monday, salvage teams freed the skyscraper-sized container ship, ending a crisis that had clogged …

NASA shares nighttime images of traffic jam in Suez canal
3 years, 8 months ago

NASA shares nighttime images of traffic jam in Suez canal

Live Mint  

US space agency NASA has shared nighttime images of the traffic jam caused in one of the busiest sea routes of the world. Meanwhile, on March 27, the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 acquired an image of the many ships waiting ships in the Gulf of Suez, the northwestern arm of the Red Sea. The series of nighttime images, …

Investigation begins into how Ever Given was stranded
3 years, 8 months ago

Investigation begins into how Ever Given was stranded

The Independent  

✕ Close How did a ship get stuck in the Suez Canal? For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates …

Suez Canal: Everything we know about the Ever Given ship
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez Canal: Everything we know about the Ever Given ship

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The massive container ship blocking …

Probe underway, day after cargo ship 'Ever Given' freed in Suez Canal
3 years, 8 months ago

Probe underway, day after cargo ship 'Ever Given' freed in Suez Canal

The Hindu  

Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal container ship that had been stuck sideways for nearly a week in the Suez Canal before it was dislodged as questions swirled about the grounding that had shaken the global shipping industry and clogged one of the world's most vital waterways. The Ever Given was safely anchored Tuesday in the Great Bitter Lake, a …

Probe underway, day after cargo ship freed in Suez Canal
3 years, 8 months ago

Probe underway, day after cargo ship freed in Suez Canal

Hindustan Times  

Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal container ship that had been stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal before it was freed as questions swirled about the grounding that had shaken the global shipping industry and clogged one of the world's most vital waterways. The crisis over the Ever Given had cast a spotlight on the vital trade …

Investigation under way into Suez Canal blockage
3 years, 8 months ago

Investigation under way into Suez Canal blockage

Al Jazeera  

Experts have boarded the container ship Ever Given, which was dislodged on Monday six days after it got stuck in the Suez Canal, seeking to investigate what caused the grounding that shook the global shipping industry. Suez Canal service provider Leth Agencies said that more than three dozen vessels that waited for the Ever Given to be freed had already …

Suez Canal blockage cleared as cargo ship Ever Given fully floated, but traffic jam will take days to clear
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez Canal blockage cleared as cargo ship Ever Given fully floated, but traffic jam will take days to clear

ABC  

The giant container ship that blocked Egypt's Suez Canal for almost a week has been fully floated and traffic in the waterway has resumed, the canal authority said in a statement. Key points: A flotilla of tugboats helped free Ever Given from the canal's sandy bank The cargo ship has been blocking the busy trade route since last Tuesday It …

March 29, 2021 Suez Canal ship news
3 years, 8 months ago

March 29, 2021 Suez Canal ship news

CNN  

A handout picture released by the Suez Canal Authority on March 29, 2021, shows tugboats pulling the Panama-flagged MV 'Ever Given' container ship lodged sideways impeding traffic across Egypt's Suez Canal waterway. Handout/Suez Canal Authority/AFP/Getty Images The Ever Given container ship has been partially dislodged after blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week, authorities say, but efforts to fully …

Container Ship Stuck in Suez Canal Turns after 6 Days, Twitter 'Floats' its Best Memes
3 years, 8 months ago

Container Ship Stuck in Suez Canal Turns after 6 Days, Twitter 'Floats' its Best Memes

News 18  

The giant container vessel MV Ever Given, stuck since last week in the Suez Canal has finally started to move, sources said on Monday, renewing hopes of the trade route to clear up soon. Media reports quoted Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority saying that ‘the container ship began to float successfully after responding to the pulling maneuvers.” …

Ship stuck in Suez Canal ‘partially refloated’; efforts on to dislodge bow, claims report
3 years, 8 months ago

Ship stuck in Suez Canal ‘partially refloated’; efforts on to dislodge bow, claims report

Firstpost  

Suez: Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that remains wedged across the Suez Canal, a canal services firm said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be set free. However, it was clear that challenges remained, as satellite data from MarineTraffic.com showed the ship in the same position, surrounded by a squadron of tugs with …

Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated
3 years, 8 months ago

Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated

Al Jazeera  

Helped by the peak of high tide, a flotilla of tugboats wrenched the bulbous bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank. “Admiral Osama Rabie, the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, announces the resumption of maritime traffic in the Suez Canal after the Authority successfully rescues and floats the giant Panamanian container ship EVER GIVEN,” a …

Containership in Suez Canal partially freed, Dutch dredging company says
3 years, 8 months ago

Containership in Suez Canal partially freed, Dutch dredging company says

NL Times  

Container ship the Ever Given, that ran aground last Tuesday in the Egyptian Suez Canal, has partially been freed. “But that is no reason to cheer now”, CEO of Dutch dredging company Boskalis, Peter Berdowski, said to the AD. You won’t hear me say that prying the ship loose is a piece of cake.” Boskalis sent a team to Egypt …

'She's free': Giant ship blocking Suez Canal refloated, shipping traffic resumes
3 years, 8 months ago

'She's free': Giant ship blocking Suez Canal refloated, shipping traffic resumes

India Today  

Shipping traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal has resumed after a giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, the canal authority said. “Admiral Osama Rabie, the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, announces the resumption of maritime traffic in the Suez Canal after the Authority successfully rescues and floats the giant Panamanian …

Giant container ship Ever Given stuck in Suez Canal 'partially re-floated'
3 years, 8 months ago

Giant container ship Ever Given stuck in Suez Canal 'partially re-floated'

ABC  

A canal services firm says salvage teams have "partially re-floated" the colossal container ship Ever Given, which remains wedged across the Suez Canal. Key points: The head of the Suez Canal Authority said workers continued "pulling manoeuvres" to re-float the vessel A video posted on Facebook appeared to show the stern of the container ship swung towards the canal bank …

Specialist tugboat deployed to free Ever Green as shippers avoid Suez Canal
3 years, 8 months ago

Specialist tugboat deployed to free Ever Green as shippers avoid Suez Canal

India Today  

Two additional tugboats were deployed on Sunday to Egypt’s Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free. Authorities canceled Sunday’s planned freeing attempts “until sufficient tug power is in place,” said …

Ship blocking Suez Canal re-floats after 6 days | Watch
3 years, 8 months ago

Ship blocking Suez Canal re-floats after 6 days | Watch

India Today  

The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal was re-floated on Monday and is currently being secured, Inch Cape Shipping Services said in a post on Twitter. SHIP BLOCKING SUEZ CANAL FREED | WATCH BREAKING : EVER GIVEN ship has been UNSTUCK & Moving into #Suez Canal after 6 Days!! It’s 5:42 am there: pic.twitter.com/GoMlYjQerL — Joyce Karam March 29, …

2 tugboats deploy to Egypt’s Suez Canal as shippers avoid it
3 years, 8 months ago

2 tugboats deploy to Egypt’s Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

Associated Press  

SUEZ, Egypt — Two additional tugboats deployed Sunday to Egypt’s Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free. Authorities canceled Sunday’s planned freeing attempts “until sufficient tug power is in place,” …

Florida Boat Gets Stuck in Middle of Highway. Suez Canal Ghost, is That You?
3 years, 8 months ago

Florida Boat Gets Stuck in Middle of Highway. Suez Canal Ghost, is That You?

News 18  

The Suez Canal has been in news after a ship got stuck there leading to a massive blockage impacting global trade. While it wasn’t as huge as the container ship stuck in Suez canal, this pink boat too blocked the road in a similar pattern. The Suez Canal Authority said on Sunday that tugging and dredging operations to free a …

Suez update: Canal workers dredge to 18 Meters, 350 ships wait, Joe Biden offers to help Egypt
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez update: Canal workers dredge to 18 Meters, 350 ships wait, Joe Biden offers to help Egypt

Hindustan Times  

A new attempt could be made Sunday to re-float the 400-meter-long container ship blocking the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal Authority’s chief declined to set a timetable for re-floating the ship and said the task remains “difficult.” The pile-up of ships is creating another problem for global supply chains already strained by the coronavirus pandemic. Highlights: Two more tugs will …

2 tugboats speed to Egypt's Suez Canal as shippers avoid it
3 years, 8 months ago

2 tugboats speed to Egypt's Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

Deccan Chronicle  

SUEZ: Two additional tugboats sped Sunday to Egypt’s Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free. “It will determine the next step, which highly likely involves at least the partial offloading …

Ever Given ship stuck in Suez Canal has moved, but it's still unclear when it will be freed
3 years, 8 months ago

Ever Given ship stuck in Suez Canal has moved, but it's still unclear when it will be freed

ABC  

Efforts to dislodge a giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal progressed overnight, with its stern and rudder moving, but it remained unclear when the Ever Given could be refloated, the head of the canal authority said. Key points: Boskalis and Smit Salvage warned that using too much force to tug the ship could damage it The SCA said 321 …

Suez Canal | Linking the East with the West
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez Canal | Linking the East with the West

The Hindu  

The last time the Suez Canal was closed for navigation was in 1967,after the Six-Day War between Israel and Arab nations broke out. The 193-km-long canal across Egypt’s Isthmus of Suez connecting the Mediterranean Sea in the north and the Red Sea in south — thereby bringing the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean closer — has been a critical …

Ship Blocking Suez Canal Has Moved but Unclear When it Will be Freed: Official
3 years, 8 months ago

Ship Blocking Suez Canal Has Moved but Unclear When it Will be Freed: Official

News 18  

The head of the Suez Canal Authority said on Saturday that efforts to dislodge a huge container ship blocking the canal had allowed its stern and rudder to move but he could not predict when it would be refloated. The giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypts Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make …

Suez Canal blockage: How to take huge containers off the ship
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez Canal blockage: How to take huge containers off the ship

Live Mint  

With every passing day it’s getting more likely that thousands of 40-foot boxes on board the ship blocking the Suez Canal may have to be hauled off. “We will start taking containers from the ship anyway this weekend.” History shows that lightening the Ever Given might ultimately be what frees it. “It just takes a lot of time and energy,” …

Salvager hopes to free ship blocking Suez Canal by start of next week
3 years, 8 months ago

Salvager hopes to free ship blocking Suez Canal by start of next week

India Today  

A giant container ship grounded in the Suez Canal could be freed by the start of next week if heavier tugboats, dredging and a high tide succeed in dislodging it, a Dutch firm working to free the vessel said. The 400-metre long Ever Given became wedged diagonally across a southern section of the canal amid high winds early on Tuesday, …

No timeline given for freeing huge ship blocking Suez Canal
3 years, 8 months ago

No timeline given for freeing huge ship blocking Suez Canal

Al Jazeera  

New attempt to free vessel under way Saturday as blockage causes huge traffic jam and forces ships to reroute around Africa. A giant container ship remains stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day as authorities prepare to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping. A maritime traffic jam …

New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal
3 years, 8 months ago

New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal

India Today  

A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping. An official at the Suez Canal Authority said the authority planned to make at least two attempts Saturday to free the vessel when the …

New attempt to re-float ship blocking Suez Canal fails
3 years, 8 months ago

New attempt to re-float ship blocking Suez Canal fails

Al Jazeera  

Bernhard Schulte Ship management says two additional tugs will arrive on March 28 to help with the rescue. 26 Mar 2021 - 16:55 GMT Oil jumps 4 percent on fears Suez Canal blockage may last weeks Oil prices rose more than 4 percent on Friday, rebounding on concerns it could take weeks to dislodge a giant container ship blocking the …

How A Long Shutdown Of The Suez Canal Might Have Roiled The Global Economy
3 years, 8 months ago

How A Long Shutdown Of The Suez Canal Might Have Roiled The Global Economy

NPR  

How A Long Shutdown Of The Suez Canal Might Have Roiled The Global Economy Enlarge this image toggle caption ScapeWare3d/DigitalGlobe/Getty Images ScapeWare3d/DigitalGlobe/Getty Images Before the grounding of the massive Ever Given container ship in the Suez Canal, some 50 vessels a day, or about 10% of global trade, sailed through the waterway each day — everything from consumer electronics to …

Ever Given could block the Suez Canal for weeks, with hundreds of ships backed up
3 years, 8 months ago

Ever Given could block the Suez Canal for weeks, with hundreds of ships backed up

ABC  

A container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a "beached whale" may take weeks to free, the salvage company says, as officials stop all ships from entering the waterway. Key points: A total of 206 large container ships have backed up at either end of the canal Roughly 30 per cent of the world's shipping container volume transits through the …

Ship stuck in Suez Canal and tiny excavator to free it spark hilarious meme fest
3 years, 8 months ago

Ship stuck in Suez Canal and tiny excavator to free it spark hilarious meme fest

India Today  

In case you missed it, the biggest news trending around the globe and costing millions of dollars an hour is the ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal. See some of the best memes: If you think youre having a bad day, spare a thought for the helmsman who somehow managed to stick his giantass ship sideways into the …

Dislodging Suez Canal ship said to need at least a week
3 years, 8 months ago

Dislodging Suez Canal ship said to need at least a week

Al Jazeera  

Should cargo need to be unloaded or extensive repairs made to the canal itself, ‘then the downtime could certainly last at least two weeks’, expert says. Should cargo need to be unloaded or extensive repairs made to the canal itself, “then the downtime could certainly last at least two weeks,” he said. The products are delayed, containers can’t return to …

Dredgers try to free ship in Suez Canal, scene of plenty of past international drama
3 years, 8 months ago

Dredgers try to free ship in Suez Canal, scene of plenty of past international drama

LA Times  

With the global supply chain in jeopardy, powerful tugboats and dredgers worked desperately Friday to free the giant cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal in a race against mounting economic losses. The pasta diplomacy served De Lesseps well more than 20 years later, when Said Pasha became viceroy and the now-retired diplomat asked for and received the exclusive concession to …

Why the Suez Canal is so important – and why its standstill could be so damaging
3 years, 8 months ago

Why the Suez Canal is so important – and why its standstill could be so damaging

CNN  

CNN — Since it was completed in 1869, the Suez Canal has been one of the world’s most important bodies of water; a portal between East and West that has been controlled by multiple countries, threatened to ignite war, and become a bedrock of the global economy. Today, a ship traveling from a port in Italy to India, for instance, …

The ship stuck in the Suez Canal — the Ever Given — is still there. Here's what we know about the mission to dislodge it
3 years, 8 months ago

The ship stuck in the Suez Canal — the Ever Given — is still there. Here's what we know about the mission to dislodge it

ABC  

The Ever Given, that massive cargo ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal, is still stuck. A cargo ship called the Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal on Tuesday and got stuck diagonally across it The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea and is a crucial route from Europe to the Indian and …

Suez Canal temporarily halts navigation
3 years, 8 months ago

Suez Canal temporarily halts navigation

The Hindu  

The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal said on Thursday that they were facing “extreme difficulty” refloating it, prompting Egypt to suspend navigation through one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. Japanese ship-leasing firm Shoei Kisen Kaisha said it owned the giant vessel and was facing “extreme difficulty” trying to refloat it. “In co-operation with local …

Stuck ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide
3 years, 8 months ago

Stuck ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide

India TV News  

A skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear, authorities said. The ship had two pilots from Egypt’s canal authority aboard the vessel to guide it when the grounding happened around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, the …

Ship Weighing 200,000-Ton Blocks Suez Canal Causing Disruptions and Losses. Here's All You Need to Know
3 years, 8 months ago

Ship Weighing 200,000-Ton Blocks Suez Canal Causing Disruptions and Losses. Here's All You Need to Know

News 18  

A skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear, authorities said. Attempts to clear the way using tugs and diggers failed to dislodge the massive container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. The Ever Given, …

The Cargo Ship Blocking the Suez Canal Drew a Huge Phallus Before Getting Stuck
3 years, 8 months ago

The Cargo Ship Blocking the Suez Canal Drew a Huge Phallus Before Getting Stuck

News 18  

The massive cargo container ship that was headed towards the Mediterranean and caused an actual traffic jam on one of the busiest sea trade links, the Suez Canal after it ran aground sideways may have contained some really, really bad luck. Egypt has reportedly reopened the canal’s older channel to allow the other vessels to pass through as the refloating …

Authorities need to remove up to 706,000 cubic feet of sand to free the Ever Given
3 years, 9 months ago

Authorities need to remove up to 706,000 cubic feet of sand to free the Ever Given

CNN  

CNN — Rescue teams working to dislodge the giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal have failed in another bid to free the boat, according to the vessel’s technical manager. “The aim is to re-float the container by Saturday night local time,” Toshiaki Fujiwara, the company’s senior managing director, told CNN on Friday. “But the first impression is also that …

Opinion: Suez Canal traffic jam blocks the world’s jugular vein
3 years, 9 months ago

Opinion: Suez Canal traffic jam blocks the world’s jugular vein

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history at Campbell University, a former merchant mariner and contributor to gCaptain maritime. A 59-meter--wide container ship called the Ever Given rammed into the eastern bank of the 120-mile-long Suez Canal. As Ever Given remains firmly across the canal, shipping companies will have to fathom the option of sending …

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