It concerns the container ship Ever Given, which sails under the Panamanian flag for the shipping company Evergreen. The 60-meter-wide ship is located transversely in the canal and seems to have nowhere to go:
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The container ship should arrive in the port of Rotterdam next Wednesday. It is unclear how the ship got stuck. Multiple attempts to straighten the ship have already failed. Online you can follow where the ship is located.
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Busy sea route
The Suez Canal is located on the busy sea route between Europe and Asia. A trip on the 190 kilometer long canal takes about 11 hours. Dozens of ships sail across the Suez Canal every day. Many of these ships come from China and go to the port of Rotterdam via Egypt.
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Social media
The picture of the stuck ship goes viral on social media. “Unreal picture”, someone writes. “For those who have a bad day at work, it can always be worse,” wrote another.
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In the meantime, the queue of waiting container ships at the entrance to the Suez Canal is getting longer and longer, other skippers report:
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