Cargo ship remains stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal for fifth day after effort to free it failed

A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping.

The Ever Given's owners say a gust of wind pushed it and its huge cargo of more than 20,000 shipping containers sideways in the canal on Tuesday, wedging it between the canal's sandy banks. The massive vessel got stuck in a single-lane stretch of the canal a few miles from its southern entrance.   Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, the technical manager of the Ever Given, said an attempt Friday to free it failed.