Egypt: Suez Canal chief visits blockage site as efforts to refloat cargo ship continue

Subscribe to our channel! Mandatory Credit: Suez Canal Authority Footage released on Friday shows a delegation from the Suez Canal Authority visiting the site of a blockage caused by a container ship in the canal. Head of the Suez Canal Authority Lieutenant General Ossama Rabei and other officials walking on a navy boat next to the vessel checking the blockage site. The 400-meter-long Ever Given The MV Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship measuring 400 metres long (1312 ft) and 59 metres (193 ft) ran aground on Tuesday after being knocked off course due to strong winds while heading towards the port of Rotterdam from China. According to the latest updates, efforts to clear ship have failed thus far. To minimise the damage from the incident, Egypt has reopened one of the older channels to temporarily divert traffic as the blockage left the global trade in a jam. The Suez Canal is one of the world’s busiest trading routes with nearly 30 per