One year after the Ever Given container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, her sister vessel is repeating the feat - in the US state of Maryland. The ironically-named Ever Forward is not currently affecting transit through the US port, according to the Maryland Port...
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Suez Canal reopens as the Ever Given Ship is finally freed by salvage crews
Traffic has resumed in Egypt’s Suez Canal after a stranded container ship blocking it for nearly a week was finally freed by salvage crews.
Suez Canal blocked for the fourth day in a row
The huge 400m-long ship called Ever Given, operated by a Taiwanese company called Evergreen Marine is one of the largest container vessels in the world. Weighing in at 200,000 tonnes it has a maximum capacity of 20,000 containers. A gust of wind blew the ship off...