Suez Canal shipping backlog to end on Saturday: Canal authority

Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority said 85 ships expected to pass the canal from both sides on Saturday.

The last ships stranded by the grounding of a giant container vessel in the Suez Canal should pass through the waterway on Saturday, according to the canal authority, which said an investigation into the incident would report its findings soon. Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), said 85 ships were expected to pass the canal from both sides on Saturday. They will include the last 61 ships out of the 422 that were queueing when the Ever Given was dislodged on Monday, ending the backlog of shipping that built up during the crisis, he added.