Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, announced that the navigation traffic in the Suez Canal will be suspended temporarily on Thursday until the stranded container ship EVER GIVEN is afloat. The Japanese company, Choi Kisen, which own the ship stuck in the canal apologized on Thursday morning, saying that it is working to resolve the situation. The ship has so far resisted attempts to free it from the sandy edge of the narrow section of the Suez Canal, the statement said. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-YoumIMAGE: In this photo released by the Suez Canal Authority, a cargo ship, named the Ever Given, sits with its bow stuck into the wall Wednesday, March 24, 2021, after it become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal and blocked all traffic in the vital waterway. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)

Source: Egypt Independent March 25, 2021 14:15 UTC