- Title: Stranded ship refloated, moves in Suez Canal
- Date: 29th March 2021
- Summary: SUEZ, EGYPT (MARCH 29, 2021) (REUTERS) TIME-LAPSE SHOWING EVER GIVEN SHIP MOVING THROUGH EGYPT'S SUEZ CANAL AFTER IT WAS REFLOATED (MUTE) VARIOUS OF EVER GIVEN SHIP IN SUEZ CANAL AFTER IT WAS REFLOATED, AS SEEN FROM AFAR MORE OF EVER GIVEN SHIP MOVING SLOWLY IN CANAL AFTER IT WAS REFLOATED VARIOUS OF GROUND SHOTS SHOWING EVER GIVEN SHIP MOVING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING / EVER GIVEN SHIP SEEN IN BACKGROUND
- Embargoed: 12th April 2021 16:11
- Keywords: Egypt Ever Given Refloated Suez Canal Traffic
- Location: SUEZ, EGYPT
- City: SUEZ, EGYPT
- Country: Egypt
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001E64YZIF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, Egypt's Suez canal authority said, and shipping traffic through the canal resumed on Monday (March 29).
The 400-metre (430-yard) long Ever Given became jammed diagonally across a southern section of the canal in high winds early last Tuesday (March 23), halting traffic on the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia.
The ship, surrounded by tug boats, was seen moving slowly in the centre of the canal. The station, ExtraNews, said the ship was moving at a speed of 1.5 knots.
"Admiral Osama Rabie, the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), announces the resumption of maritime traffic in the Suez Canal after the Authority successfully rescues and floats the giant Panamanian container ship EVER GIVEN," a statement from the SCA said.
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