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Cargo ship blocking Suez Canal has been refloated, says maritime services company



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A handout picture released by the Suez Canal Authority on March 24, 2021 shows a part of the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen), a 400-metre- (1,300-foot-) long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway of Egypt’s Suez Canal.Suez Canal Authority | AFP | Getty ImagesEver Given, the giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal, has been refloated and is being secured, maritime services company Inchcape said in a Twitter post.The vessel is one of the largest container ships in the world. It is a 220,000-ton mega ship nearly a quarter-mile long with a 20,000 container capacity.It …

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