Container Ship 'Ever Given' stuck in the Suez Canal, Egypt - March 24th, 2021 – Flickr/Pierre MarkuseCAIRO – 25 March 2021: Since Tuesday, Egyptian authorities in cooperation with foreign experience and assistance have been trying to free a giant container ship with a super heavy load. The Dutch firm SMIT Salvage BV has been one of the companies hired by Ever Given's owner to help release the giant ship. SMIT hailed the efforts the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) took to release the ship. Sailing in Suez Canal is temporarily suspended on Thursday after 13 ships were allowed to cross within the fleet heading from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. The Suez Canal was inaugurated in 1869 and a parallel extension was opened by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in 2015.

Source: Egypt Today March 25, 2021 19:07 UTC