It's been five days now since a mammoth container ship became lodged in Egypt's Suez Canal, with one image showing the scale of the crisis. For reference, the size of the ship stuck in the Suez Canal compared to other landmarks 👇 pic.twitter.com/paAUNYO55E — Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) March 25, 2021Despite the size of the ship, experts have begun making headway with freeing the grounded vessel. Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, told reporters that the ship could be afloat again by Sunday night. Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, that is wedged across the Suez Canal and blocking traffic in the vital waterway is seen on Saturday. Suez traffic has been disrupted several times in the past, notably after Egypt nationalised the operating company in 1956.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 28, 2021 07:40 UTC