A handout picture released on Wednesday shows a part of the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, a 400-metre-long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway of Egypt’s Suez Canal. (Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS)
CAIRO: A giant container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal after a gust of wind blew it off course, the vessel’s operator said Wednesday, bringing marine traffic to a halt along one of the world’s busiest trade routes.
A photo posted Tuesday showed the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, a 400-metre-long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway as excavators struggled to free it.
“The container accidentally ran aground after a suspected gust of wind hit it,” ship operator Evergreen Marine Corp told AFP.
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