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Dossier: the mv ever given suez canal blockage

The Suez Canal blockage – lessons to be learned
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Suez Canal reopens to traffic as stuck supertanker finally floats off
The Suez Canal on a normal day. - Source: Photo by Camille Delbos/Art In All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images

Top three take-away lessons from the Suez Canal blockage

This satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows the operation of tugboats dislodging the MV Ever Given container ship. By - (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies/AFP)

Joy as megaship refloated, Suez Canal reopens to traffic
The MV Ever Given is one of the biggest ships in the world. By Ahmed HASAN (AFP)

Salvage firm says hard work still ahead to free Suez Canal mega-ship
The Ever Given was turned away from the bank of Suez Canal on Monday, raising hopes it could be soon be refloated. By - (AFP)

Mega-ship in Suez Canal moved '80%' in right direction

- Suez CANAL/AFP

Ship blocking Suez Canal pushed in the right direction, still not afloat
The Panama-flagged MV Ever Given got stuck on Tuesday. By - (Suez CANAL/AFP)

Ever Given ship in Suez Canal moved '80%' in right direction
This satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies shows tug boats and dredgers attempting to free the MV Ever Given on March 26, 2021, in the Suez Canal. By - (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies/AFP)

Hopes rise of ending Suez Canal blockage in days

A dredger is used as salvage crews work to free the MV Ever Given, four days after it blocked the Suez Canal. By - (Suez CANAL/AFP)

Megaship blocking Suez Canal may be refloated Saturday: owner
A dredger is used as salvage crews work to free MV Ever Given, four days after it blocked the Suez Canal. By - (Suez CANAL/AFP)

Attempt to refloat megaship blocking Egypt's Suez fails: company
CNES/AIRBUS DS via REUTERS - CNES/AIRBUS DS

Global freight chaos as Suez Canal remains blocked by giant tanker

The Taiwan-run MV Ever Given container ship is lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the Egypt's Suez Canal. By - (Cnes2021, Distribution Airbus DS/AFP)

Tugs and dredgers try to free megaship blocking Suez Canal
Satellite image shows the Taiwan-owned MV 'Ever Given' (Evergreen) container ship, a 400-metre- (1,300-foot-)long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across Egypt's Suez Canal. By - (CNES/AFP)

Egypt shuts Suez Canal amid struggle to refloat grounded megaship
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said it was working to refloat the MV Ever Given. By - (Suez CANAL/AFP)

The Suez Canal Blockage And Mega Ship Risks

The Ever Given container vessel first became stuck across the vital shipping route with Egyptian authorities still desperately trying to shift the 400-metre ship. By - (Planet Labs/AFP)

Stuck Suez vessel prompts amusement, memes, some profanity
A satellite image released by Planet Labs Inc shows the grounded container ship MV Ever Given blocking all traffic through the main channel of the Suez Canal. By - (Planet Labs/AFP)

Suez Canal suspends traffic as bid to refloat grounded ship hits trouble
A satellite image released by Planet Labs Inc shows the Taiwan-owned container ship MV Ever Given blocking all traffic through the main channel of the Suez Canal. By - (Planet Labs/AFP)

Egypt battles to refloat ship blocking Suez Canal as queues build

Excavators onshore were digging soil from the canal's bank. By Marina PASSOS (Suez CANAL/AFP)

Giant ship grounding blocks Egypt's Suez Canal
The Suez Canal in 1955, during a phase of major expansion and a year before it was nationalised by Egypt. By (AFP/File)

Egypt's Suez Canal: a history of the key route
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said it was working to refloat the MV Ever Given. By - (Suez CANAL/AFP)

Giant ship blocks Suez Canal after running aground in sandstorm

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