CAIRO: A giant container ship has blocked the Suez Canal in Egypt, tracking websites showed on Wednesday, bringing marine traffic to a shuddering halt along one of the world’s busiest trade routes.
A photo posted on Tuesday showed the Taiwan-owned MV Evergreen, a 400-metre-long and 59-metre-wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway as excavation trucks struggled to dig it out.
Shipping website Vessel Finder said the ship was bound for Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and it is unclear why the supertanker has stopped moving.
Over 150 years old, the Suez Canal is one of the world’s most important trade routes, providing passage for 10% of all international maritime trade, including crude oil shipments.
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