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The ship that blocked the Suez Canal was partially detached

Optimistic is the picture from the Suez Canal where earlier one Huge container ship stuck vertically blocking the passage.

The ship was partially detached and, as AMPE reports, navigation is expected to resume soon on the busiest sea passage in the world.

Ever Given is now parallel to the bank of the canal. Previously the ship was in a diagonal position blocking the passage.

Eight tugs and rescue units of the Egyptian Authority Suez Canal They were trying to detach the Ever Given, a giant ship 400 meters long and 220,000 tons, which was sailing to Rotterdam from Asia and ran aground with a gust of wind as soon as it passed the southern entrance of the canal, according to the website Vesselfinder.

According to the Suez Canal Authority, the incident was caused by a sandstorm with winds of 40 knots, a phenomenon common at this time of year in Egypt, which caused a visibility problem.

According to shipping sources, thirty ships have been stopped at the northern entrance of the Canal and three at the southern one.

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