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Marwa Elselehdar was on duty hundreds of miles away in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria when the Suez Canal was blocked by the container ship Ever Given. Written by Prashasti Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi UPDATED APRIL 4, 2021, 07:23 AM IST Egypt’s first ship captain, Marwa Elselehdar, was …

Giant ship stuck in Suez canal afloat, traffic resumes: official Maritime traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal resumed on Monday after a giant container ship that had been blocking the waterway for nearly a week was re-floated, the canal authority said. The 400-meter (430-yard) long Ever Given jammed diagonally across a …

Almost a week after it ran aground in the Suez Canal, blocking hundreds of ships, the giant freighter MV Ever Given began to move, videos that emerged on social media show. But its owner said that while the giant ship “has turned,” it was not yet afloat. Ever Given was …

Boats waiting in the Suez Canal. High resolution here New Delhi: The giant freighter MV Ever Given that has wedged itself diagonally through Egypt’s Suez Canal, one of the world’s most important waterways, since Tuesday, has blocked more than 120 ships at the southern entrance to the trade route, as …

The forecast for Tuesday, March 23, showed wind gusts of over 40 miles per hour and sand storms hitting the north. Egypt. In fact, such weather is common in the Sinai desert at this time of year. The Suez Canal, one of the most critical but precarious waterways on the …

Up to 10 boats trapped in and around the canal are believed to transport livestock. Of all the millions of tons of cargo that pile up in the Suez Canal, none is more delicate than the animals crammed into the hulls of several of the ships. Little information is available, …

NEW DELHI: The Center on Friday designed a four-point action plan to address the blockade of the Suel Canal. The decision comes amid accelerated efforts to free the giant container ship that got stuck after it ran aground after a sandstorm. The plan was embodied in a meeting called by …

A portion of the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen) was placed on its side. One of the world’s largest container ships stuck in a narrow waterway in the Suez Canal has provided plenty of material for internet meme makers as social media websites were soon inundated with jokes, poetry and …

The giant freighter Ever Given remained stuck in the Suez Canal for the third day in a row creating a huge backlog of ships in the canal. The ship’s Japanese owner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha, has said that the entire crew of 25 Indian nationals were safe and no oil leaks …