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Sainsbury’s is in contact with Downing Street about disruption in the Red Sea, amid fears that attacks on ships by Houthi rebels will disrupt supplies and push up prices. Iranian-backed Houthi forces have mounted a wave of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea since October in protest at Israeli military action in Gaza. ”We’re on regular calls there to …

The Ever Given left the canal’s Great Bitter Lake where it was held for more than three months amid a financial dispute. The Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, resumed its journey to leave the Suez Canal on Wednesday, 106 days after becoming wedged across a southern section of the waterway for nearly a week and disrupting …

Egyptian authorities have seized a massive cargo ship which blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week last month, amid a dispute over financial damages. An Egyptian court ordered the vessel’s Japanese owner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha, to pay $900 million in compensation as a result of losses inflicted when the Panamanian-flagged Ever Given prevented marine traffic from transiting through the …

BEIRUT — Syria has begun rationing the distribution of fuel in the war-torn country amid concerns that shipments could be delayed because Egypt’s Suez Canal is being blocked by a giant cargo ship that has run aground, the Oil Ministry said Saturday. The container ship remained stuck sideways in the Suez Canal over the weekend, as authorities prepared to make …

War-torn Syria rations fuel amid ongoing closure of Suez Canal

Blockage of the Suez Canal by a stranded ship impacts oil imports to beleaguered Syria, which was already suffering from fuel shortages. The Syrian government has started rationing the distribution of fuel in the country amid concerns that shipments could be delayed because Egypt’s Suez Canal is being blocked by a giant cargo ship that ran aground, according to the …

Efforts to free the ship using dredgers have yet to push the container vessel free, affecting billions of dollars worth of cargo. The Panama-flagged Ever Given 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, the Suez Canal Authority said in a …