Egypt: Suez Canal remains blocked as salvage teams attempt to refloat the stuck MV Ever Given

Subscribe to our channel! Mandatory Credit: Suez Canal Authority Salvage teams continued their work attempting to refloat the stuck MV Ever Given container ship blocking the Suez Canal on Sunday. The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship measuring 400 metres (1312 ft) long and 59 metres (193 ft) wide ran aground on Tuesday after reportedly being knocked off course due to strong winds while heading towards the port of Rotterdam from China. The salvage teams believed that higher-than-usual spring tides on Sunday evening might be able to help them move the vessel from the channel. Local reports suggest that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered the Suez Canal Authority to begin planning to move some of the more than 18,000 containers from the ship if their refloating efforts continue to fail. This would lighten the load and make future attempts easier. The Suez Canal is one of the world’s busiest trading routes with nearly 30 percent of global container ship traffic passing through