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Officials say a grounded ship has been refloated in Egypt's Suez Canal

6:27am January 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

Officials said a cargo ship carrying corn that went aground early Monday in the Suez Canal was refloated and traffic was restored, avoiding a scene from 2021 that blocked traffic for six days.

Traffic through the Suez Canal has returned to normal, the canal authority says. Here, the Huahine is seen crossing the canal on March 30 in Ismailia, Egypt.

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Suez Canal Traffic Backlog Finally Cleared Following The Ever Given Saga

1:28pm April 03, 2021

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Five days after a massive container vessel was freed from the Suez Canal, ship traffic there has returned to normal, the canal authority says.

A worker walks past the ONE Apus container ship and its dislodged containers at the Kobe Port in Japan in December. The vessel suffered a massive stack collapse and lost 1,816 containers at sea during severe weather on Nov. 30.

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Cargo Overboard, Intense Rolling: The Risks Of Fully Loaded Mega-Container Ships

2:44pm April 01, 2021

by Jackie Northam

More than 100 ships of similar size to the Ever Given ply the world's waterways, creating logistical challenges and concerns about mishaps — including "spectacular losses of cargo," one analyst says.

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The Ever Given container ship, operated by the Evergreen Marine Corp., sails through the Suez Canal after it was fully freed and floated on Friday.

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'She's Free': Giant Container Ship Blocking Suez Canal Underway After Days

1:01pm March 29, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Ever Given had been wedged at an angle across the Suez Canal since Tuesday, preventing other shipping vessels from traveling through the waterway.

Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship wedged across the Suez Canal, is seen Saturday. Tugboats and a specialized suction dredger worked to dislodge the giant container ship that is blocking a crucial waterway for global shipping.

Race To Free Giant Ship From Suez Canal Continues

7:36pm March 27, 2021

by Chloee Weiner

Efforts to refloat the Ever Given made "significant progress" Friday night, but low tides quashed authorities' hopes of refloating the 1,300-foot vessel before the weekend.

High-resolution satellite imagery shows the Suez Canal and the container ship Ever Given that remains stuck north of the city of Suez, Egypt.

Here's How A Long Shutdown Of The Suez Canal Might Roil The Global Economy

5:09pm March 26, 2021

With one of the world's largest container ships solidly lodged in the Suez Canal, blocking billions of dollars' worth of commerce each day, NPR takes a look at the worldwide implications.

Heavy equipment is used to try to dig out the keel of the Ever Given, a massive cargo ship wedged across the Suez Canal.

It 'Might Take Weeks' To Free Ship Stuck In Suez Canal, Salvage Company Says

1:03pm March 25, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The CEO of the Dutch company Boskalis, which is working to dislodge the 1,300-foot-long ship, compared the vessel to "an enormous beached whale."

A boat navigates in front of a massive cargo ship that sits grounded after it turned sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking traffic in a crucial East-West waterway for global shipping. An Egyptian official warned Wednesday it could take at least two day

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Massive Container Ship Runs Aground In Suez Canal, Halting Traffic

1:13pm March 24, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Traffic through one of the world's busiest waterways was stalled after the Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal.

An army zodiac secures the entrance of the new section of the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, on Thursday.

Suez Canal Expansion Opened With Pomp And Ceremony

12:31pm August 06, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The $8.5 billion project includes a new 22-mile channel to allow two-way traffic and the deepening and widening of other parts of the canal to accommodate larger vessels.