This satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Workers are seen next to a container ship which was hit by strong wind and ran aground in Suez Canal, Egypt March 24, 2021A container ship which was hit by strong wind and ran aground is pictured in Suez Canal, Egypt March 24, 2021. A cargo ship has turned sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking traffic in a crucial East-West waterway for global shipping. An image posted to Instagram by a user on another waiting cargo ship appeared to show the Ever Given wedged across the canal. Opened in 1869, the Suez Canal provides a crucial link for oil, natural gas and cargo being shipping from East to West.

Source: Irish Independent March 24, 2021 07:52 UTC