The giant container ship that was blocking the Suez Canal for nearly a week finally made it through and shipping traffic started up again. The moon and high tide helped workers more than any machine.

On March 23, 2021, the world awoke to an unfolding drama that would captivate and unite it as few things in history ever had: ...

The Suez Canal made headlines in March 2021 when the container ship Ever Given became stuck in the waterway, blocking it entirely and disrupting global trade. On Wednesday morning, a US military ...

By Jenny Gross The Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, careened out of control in March 2021, slamming into the banks of the Suez Canal and blocking the waterway. Nearly as ...

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The idea of a canal in this region has existed since the seventh century BC, but it was not until the late 1890s that it was finally completed - the Suez Canal ... traffic. In 2021, it closed ...

An exciting new megaproject in Europe is set to make it a major competitor against the Suez ... Istanbul Canal initiative, spearheaded by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2021, aims ...

A Panama-flagged cargo ship which ranks among the largest ever built, ran aground sideways late Tuesday in the Suez Canal, hindering all traffic in either direction. The MV Ever Given, which ...

The Suez Canal, a waterway for 15 percent of global ... following the grounding of the giant container ship Ever Given in 2021, which held up shipping traffic for six arduous days.

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Unknown On ...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Monday evening that regional instability costs the country roughly $800 million monthly in Suez Canal revenue, though he noted the nation’s economy ...

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has successfully towed a Greek-flagged tanker carrying over 150,000 tons of crude oil after a Houthi attack in the Red Sea damaged it, SCA said in a statement on Monday.