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.
A man rides his bycycle in the northeastern Egyptian city of Ismailiya, in front of the Panama-flagged MV 'Ever Given'
A man rides his bicycle in the northeastern Egyptian city of Ismailiya, in front of the Panama-flagged MV Ever Given (operated by Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine) container ship, a 400-meter- (1,300-foot-)long and 59-meter-wide vessel lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway of Egypt's Suez Canal, on March 27, 2021. - AHMAD HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images
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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.

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