Mar 30, 2021 · Google slipped in a Suez Canal Easter egg for all of us to enjoy. Just search "Suez Canal" or "Ever Given" and behold: Via Giphy As confirmed by 9to5Google, the Easter egg appears to only...
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Mar 30, 2021 · After days of rapt attention from the internet, a non-metaphorical rising tide has indeed lifted all the boats — and particularly, the Evergreen Marine Corporation’s Ever Given cargo ship —...
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Mar 29, 2021 · March 29, 2021 3:32 PM EDT. T he congregation of tugboats and dredgers that freed a skyscraper-sized container ship from Egypt’s Suez Canal on Monday had help from an extremely foreign body over ...
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Apr 9, 2021 · At 7:42 a.m., the Ever Given ran aground, driving its bulbous bow into the east bank of the canal at the 151-km marker. A minute later, its stern, drifting clockwise, connected with the west bank ...
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Mar 25, 2021 · The vessel — the 200,000-ton Japanese-owned Ever Given cargo ship — was freed Monday morning after a complicated rescue mission that drew attention from around the world as authorities and workers...
- What is the Suez Canal, and who controls it?The 120-mile-long Suez Canal is a man-made waterway linking the Red and Mediterranean seas. It is owned by Egypt. When it opened in 1869, the canal...
- How did the vessel get stuck?Now that the ship has been freed, focus will shift to figuring out the answer to that question. Here’s what we know: During a sandstorm March 23, t...
- What was done to get it out?Teams were brought in from around the world to try to figure out how to move the ship. For days, dredgers removed literal tons of sand and silt fro...
- How has the stranding affected international trade?About 13 percent of world trade passes through the Suez Canal, according to Allianz, an investment firm. Even a return to normal operations in a we...
- What could change moving forward?Egypt’s investigation into the matter, if human or technical errors are found, could change practices in the canal. Broadly speaking, the shipping...
Nov 30, 2022 · Suez Canal, Arabic Qanāt al-Suways, sea-level waterway running north-south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean and the Red seas. The canal separates the African continent from Asia, and it provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the lands lying around the Indian and western Pacific oceans. It is one of the world’s most heavily used shipping lanes ...