Egypt’s Suez Canal has been blocked by a massive container vessel, which ran aground the key waterway, and could cause some delays in global shipments of commodities.
The Panama-flagged container vessel Ever Given got stuck in the southern end of the canal while making a turn on Tuesday (5:40 GMT), according to vessel tracking websites.
At 03:25 GMT on Wednesday, the vessel was still stuck in the canal, which provides the shortest marine route between Europe and Asia, according to data from tracking website VesselFinders.
Several tugboats have been deployed to help shift the container ship, the data showed.
Ever Given is 400-metre long and 59-metre wide container ship with a total carrying capacity of around 199,489 deadweight tonnes. (BBC)
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