A massive traffic jam has occurred at both ends of the vital international trade artery after a vast container ship ran aground and got STUCK in the narrow channel.
The 220,000-tonne, 400 metre-long ‘Ever Given’ ship is listed as the world’s 13th biggest – several efforts by Egyptian authorities to unwedge the vessel has so far proved fruitless, and it remains trapped.
Early reports speculated the vessel suffered a loss of power, but the ship’s operator told AFP that is was blown off course by a “gust of wind”!
What a week for wind – first Joe Biden, then a mega ship!
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