Photos: Egypt races to dislodge giant vessel Ever Given blocking Suez Canal

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Photos: Egypt races to dislodge giant vessel Ever Given blocking Suez Canal

Tugs and dredgers try to free megaship stranded in key shipping channel

Published: March 26, 2021 13:56 Agencies and Compiled by Alex Abraham, Senior Associate Editor

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Suez Canal Ever Given — This photo released by the Suez Canal Authority on Thursday, March 25, 2021, shows Lt. Gen. Ossama Rabei, centre, head of the Suez Canal Authority, with a team walk along the bank of the Suez Canal where the Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, has become wedged across the Suez Canal and blocking traffic in the vital waterway. | The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground in the narrow canal that runs between Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. It got stuck in a single-lane stretch of the canal, about six kilometers north of the southern entrance, near the city of Suez. Image Credit: AP

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Ever Given Suez Canal — A satellite image shows stranded container ship Ever Given run around in the Suez Canal, Egypt March 25, 2021. | At least 150 ships were waiting for the Ever Given to be cleared, including vessels near Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea, Port Suez on the Red Sea and those already stuck in the canal system on Egypt's Great Bitter Lake, said Leth Agencies, which provides services for the canal. Image Credit: Reuters

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Suez Canal Authority Ever Given — A handout picture released by the Suez Canal Authority on March 25, 2021 shows the 400-metre- long and 59-metre wide Ever Given lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway of Egypt's Suez Canal. | The Suez Canal Authority, which operates the waterway, deployed tugboats and a specialized suction dredger that is able to shift 2,000 cubic metres of material every hour. Image Credit: AFP

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MAP SUEZ CANAL EVER GIVEN — A map shows a traffic jam in the Suez Canal, Egypt March 25, 2021. Image Credit: Reuters

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