The epic traffic jam of 400 ships caused by the Ever Given blockage of the Suez Canal is cleared, Egyptian authorities say

The epic traffic jam of 400 ships caused by the Ever Given blockage of the Suez Canal is cleared, Egyptian authorities say

The shipping backlog that built up after the Ever Given container ship became lodged in the Suez Canal should come to an end on Saturday, authorities told Reuters.

The 61 remaining ships of the 422 that were left stranded after the major blockage are expected to pass through the waterway imminently, the Suez Canal Authority's chairman, Osama Rabie, said.

Around 85 ships in total are set to pass through the canal on Saturday, he added.

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Last Monday, the Egyptian president's advisor for the canal authority told Bloomberg that it could take "around a week" to get all of the ships out of the canal's corridor.

If the remaining ships successfully pass through the waterway on Saturday, the backlog's end will have beaten expectations by a couple of days.

The reopening of the canal, however, will likely not mark the end of the disruption.

The world's biggest shipping company, Maersk, warned on Monday that the shipping problems caused by the Ever Given could take months to resolve, Insider's Sinéad Baker reported.

"Even when the canal gets reopened, the ripple effects on global capacity and equipment are significant and the blockage has already triggered