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In March 2021, the Suez Canal was blocked for six days by the Ever Given, a container ship that had run aground in the canal. 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 canal banks, blocking all traffic until it could be freed.
Mar 24, 2021 · 301. A large container ship, nearly a quarter-mile-long, has been stuck in Suez Canal since Tuesday evening, after powerful winds forced the ship aground on one of the canal’s banks. The canal ...
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Jul 7, 2021 · 7 July 2021. Reuters. The Ever Given, part of the Evergreen fleet, has been held at the Great Bitter Lake near Ismailia for three months. A huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March ...
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 ...
Jul 7, 2021 · 7 July 2021. Reuters. The Ever Given, part of the Evergreen fleet, has been held at the Great Bitter Lake near Ismailia for three months. A huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March ...
Mar 24, 2021 · Nearly 19,000 ships passed through the canal in 2020, according to the Suez Canal Authority - an average of 51.5 ships per day. In 2017, a Japanese container vessel blocked the canal after it ran ...
Mar 29, 2021 · Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters. The mammoth cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal was wrenched from the shoreline and finally set free on Monday, raising hopes that one of the world’s most vital ...
