The Ever Given ship, 400 meters long, 59 meters wide, and with a capacity of 224,000 tons ran aground due to bad weather and sandstorm and wedged diagonally across the canal. The authority also added that it is in contact with the Japanese company (Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd), owner of the Ever Given ship, to resolve the crisis. The Suez Canal was inaugurated in 1869 and a parallel extension was opened by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in 2015. Presidential Advisor for Suez Canal Projects Lieutenant General Mohab Mamish told AFP that the navigational traffic through the canal would resume in 48 to 72 hours maximum. Also, the HMM Dublin looked to be diverting to avoid the Suez Canal congestion, Marine Traffic reported in a tweet on Friday.

Source: Egypt Today March 26, 2021 16:05 UTC