The Suez Canal was blocked for six days from 23 to 29 March 2021 by the Ever Given, a container ship that had run aground in the canal. [4]The 400-metre-long (1,300 ft), 224,000-ton, 20,000 TEU vessel was buffeted by strong winds on the morning of 23 March, and ended up wedged across the waterway with its bow and stern stuck on opposite canal banks, blocking all traffic until it could be freed ...

Mar 29, 2021 · The ship is operated by Taiwanese transport company Evergreen Marine and is one of the world's largest container vessels. ... Extra tugs join effort to dislodge Suez Canal ship. How was the Suez ...

Mar 26, 2021 · The Suez Canal is operated by Egypt, through its state-owned Suez Canal Authority. Canal revenue for Egypt was $5.6 billion in 2020, according to Arab News. On average, about 50 ships pass through ...

Jul 7, 2021 · The Ever Given, part of the Evergreen fleet, has been held at the Great Bitter Lake near Ismailia for three months. A huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March - disrupting global ...

Jul 6, 2021 · An Egyptian court seizes the Ever Given after the Suez Canal Authority filed an application to arrest the ship, according to an emailed statement from Evergreen. "The shipowners received a claim from Suez Canal Authority ("SCA") for the sum of US$ 916 million on April 7, 2021, to cover losses during Ever Given's grounding in the Suez Canal ...

Mar 28, 2023 · On 23 March 2021, the almost 400-meter-long container ship “Ever Given”, operated by Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine, was en route from Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia, to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. At around 7.40 am local time, the ship approached the southern end of the Suez Canal, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

Jul 17, 2021 · The ship was wedged diagonally across the canal, the giant white letters painted down its sides — EVERGREEN, for the ship’s Taiwanese charterer — marching across the water from west bank to ...

Apr 9, 2021 · For 6 long days, the massive container ship stayed stuck in the Suez Canal, capturing the world's attention. Now, ship tracking data and maritime pilots reveal exactly how it got there.

Jul 7, 2021 · The Panama-flagged MV Ever Given container ship sails near a felucca along Egypt's Suez Canal near the canal's central city of Ismailia, July 7, 2021. Mahmoud Khaled/AFP via Getty Images

Mar 24, 2021 · The 200,000 tonne ship, built in 2018 and operated by Taiwanese transport company Evergreen Marine, ran aground and became lodged sideways across the waterway at about 07:40 local time (05:40 GMT ...