Suez canal: Ever Given ship refloated after almost a week blocking major waterway

Multiple reports say the stricken vessel has been dislodged from the banks, raising hopes of freeing international shipping logjam

Salvage teams appear to have made a breakthrough in refloating the Ever Given, the ship that has been stuck and blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week. Photograph: Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images Via: The Guardian

The huge container ship MV Ever Given has reportedly been refloated from the banks of the Suez canal, raising hopes that the vital waterway will soon reopen and that global shipping backlogs will be cleared.

After almost a week of failed attempts to free the vessel, multiple reports on Monday morning said that it had been dislodged from its position lodged on the bank of the canal.

Publish : 2021-03-29 11:22:00

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