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Latest satellite images show efforts to free the giant container ship, Ever Given, stuck in Suez Canal
Latest satellite images show efforts to free the giant container ship, Ever Given, stuck in Suez Canal
Naina BhardwajMar 27, 2021, 22:50 IST
Container ship Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal, Egypt on March 27, 2021.Kristin Carringer/Maxar
The 1,300ft long, 200,000-tonne vessel has been stuck there for more than three days.
Dredging of the bottom and the banks of the canal has now began to free the ship.
Over 200 ships are caught in the backlog, costing the global economy an estimated $400 million per hour.
The latest effort to remove the giant container ship, Ever Given, which has been blocking a vital passageway in Egypt's Suez Canal for more than three days has been captured on satellite imagery.
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The owner of the Ever Given, Yukito Higaki, apologized for causing "tremendous trouble" and told Japanese media that he hopes it will be refloated on Saturday.
Dredging of the bottom and the Suez Canal banks to try and free the container ship Ever Given on March 27, 2021.
Kristin Carringer/Maxar
The White House has also offered to provide assistance.
A close-up of the excavation of the Ever Given from the Suez Canal on March 27, 2021.
Kristin Carringer/Maxar
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The 1,300ft long, 200,000-tonne vessel has caused the backlogging of more than 200 ships across the Red Sea.
Ships stuck waiting in the traffic jam in the Suez Canal on March 27, 2021.
Kristin Carringer/Maxar
The current standstill is costing the global economy an estimated $400 million per hour.
An overview of the effort to refloat Ever Given in the Suez Canal on March 27, 2020.
Kristin Carringer/Maxar