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Reason for Suez Canal ship's grounding under investigation

Authorities are looking for answers as to why the Ever Given got stuck in the canal, causing massive trade losses and danger to hundreds of thousands animals being transported.
Ever Given enters Great Bitter Lake

An investigation has begun into how a massive ship got stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal. 

The 220,000-metric-ton container ship Ever Given became grounded on the banks of the canal last week. On Monday, the Ever Given was successfully freed and repositioned by tugboats, and then sailed to Egypt's Great Bitter Lake at the canal's midpoint.

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