Suez Canal suspends traffic while efforts to dislodge ship continue – Reuters

Suez Canal suspends traffic while efforts to dislodge ship continue – Reuters

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Efforts to dislodge a 400 m (1,312 foot) long container vessel that has choked traffic along the Suez Canal resumed at high tide on Thursday, with five tugs working to drag the vessel to deeper water, according to ship-tracking data.Workers are seen next to a container ship which was hit by strong wind and ran aground in Suez Canal, Egypt March 24, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERSThe Ever Given vessel ran aground diagonally across the single-lane stretch of the southern canal on Tuesday morning after losing the ability to steer amid high winds and a dust storm, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a statement.It is now blocking transit in both directions through one of the world's busiest shipping channels for goods, oil, grain and other products linking Asia and Europe.Peter Berdowski, CEO of Dutch company Boskalis, which is trying to free the ship, said it was too early to say how long the job might take.“We can't exclude it might take weeks, depending on the situation,” Berdowski told the Dutch television programme “Nieuwsuur”.He said the ship's bow and stern had been lifted up against either side of the canal.“It is like an enormous beached