The Suez Canal in Egypt has been blocked by a huge container vessel, named Ever Given, leading to several vessels getting stuck.
The 200,000t vessel was navigating through the canal towards the Mediterranean and bound for Rotterdam in the Netherlands from China.
Evergreen Marine, the owner of the 400m-long vessel, suspect that it was hit by a sudden strong wind, which led to the hull deviating, accidentally hitting the bottom and running aground.
Ever Given got stuck sideways across the channel at...
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