The ship in the Suez Canal?

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Still stuck - from gCaptain:

Tugs Work to Refloat Ultra-Large Containership Blocking Suez Canal
The shortest shipping route from Europe to Asia remained blocked on Wednesday as eight tug boats struggled to free one of the world’s largest container ships after it ran aground in the Suez Canal.

GAC, a Dubai-based marine services company, said authorities were still working to free the ship mid-afternoon on Wednesday, and that information it had received earlier claiming the vessel was partially refloated was inaccurate.

The 400-meter, 224,000-tonne Ever Given ran aground on Tuesday morning after losing the ability to steer amid high winds and a dust storm, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a statement.

About 30% of global container ship traffic passes through the canal each day, carrying everything from fuel to consumer goods. The main alternative route for ships traveling between Asia and Europe, around the African cape, takes a week longer to navigate.

The article goes on in some detail.  The Canal handles 12% of all of the worlds shipping. Major source of hard currency for Egypt. European oil prices have already risen 2%. In 2020, they had an average of 51.5 ships transit each day.  Wonder if this will prompt them to build a second and wider canal - I know this has been talked about.

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