Free at last: Suez traffic resumes as giant container ship refloated

Tuesday March 30, 2021

Traffic in the Suez Canal has resumed hours after a massive container ship, which blocked the crucial shipping route for almost a week, was freed, the canal authority says.

The giant Ever Given container ship is freed from the banks of the Suez Canal (AP photo).

“Navigation has returned in both directions starting from 6pm,” head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Osama Rabae, said.

Some 113 vessels are scheduled to pass through the canal until 8am on Tuesday, according to the official.

The Panama-flagged ship Ever Given was earlier freed in a rescue…

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