Ship stuck in Suez Canal finally freed
Ever Given was refloated on Monday after being stuck on the Egyptian canal's bank for nearly a week, allowing for the resumption of traffic.
The ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal finally broke free on Monday.
The Panamanian-flagged, 220,000-metric-ton container ship Ever Given was “successfully refloated” on Monday, the Suez Canal Authority said in a statement. The authority used “push and tow maneuvers” to reposition the ship away from the canal’s bank. When Ever Given was stuck, it was only 4 meters (13 feet) from the bank, according to the authority.
Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal in northern Egypt last Tuesday, creating a traffic jam of more than 100 ships. Around 12% of global trade goes through the strategic Suez Canal, which links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Local authorities used numerous tugboats to free the ship.
Ever Given is en route to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, according to the ship-tracking website MarineTraffic.
