2021 Suez Canal obstruction
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2021-suez-canal-obstruction-190-5055578
title:
2021 Suez Canal obstruction
text:
In March 2021, the Suez Canal was blocked for six days by the Ever Given, a container ship that had run aground in the canal. The 400-metre-long (1,300 ft), 224,000-ton, 20,000 TEU vessel was buffeted by strong winds on the morning of 23 March, and ended up wedged across the waterway with its bow and stern stuck on opposite canal banks, blocking all traffic until it could be freed. Egyptian authorities said that "technical or human errors" may have also been involved. The obstruction occurred so
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Maritime incident caused by grounded vessel
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction
date created:
2021-03-25T00:28:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T18:35:48Z
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