Massive cargo ship turns sideways, blocks Egypt’s Suez Canal
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A massive cargo ship turned sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking traffic in a crucial East-West waterway for global shipping, satellite data revealed.
A massive cargo ship turned sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking traffic in a crucial East-West waterway for global shipping, according to satellite data accessed Wednesday. The Suez Canal has been blocked by a large container ship that ran aground while turning in the narrow channel, causing one of the largest shipping pile-ups in history: https://t.co/XixT2TAf8E pic.twitter.com/BHvwdSFBoe Traffic on the narrow waterway dividing continental Africa from the Sinai Peninsula stopped Tuesday after the MV Ever Given, a Panama-flagged container ship with an owner listed in Japan, got stuck. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the Ever Given to turn sideways in the canal. GAC, a global shipping and logistics company, described the Ever Given as suffering “a blackout while transiting in a northerly direction,” without elaborating. Others blamed high winds for turning the vessel.More Related News