Suez Canal Expansion ‘Green Lit’ After Ever Given Crisis

The 200,000-tonne MV Ever Given got diagonally stuck in the narrow but crucial global trade artery in a sandstorm on March 23.
The canal will become 40 metres wider at the area where the Ever Given became stuck.
The global traffic jam caused by the Ever Given lasted for six days.
The ship remains held in the Suez Canal six weeks after the crisis.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has approved the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez Canal, after a stranded mega-ship...