For nearly a week, one of the world’s key shipping canals was blocked by one of the largest ships at sea, with billions of dollars in trade, from crude oil to live animals, delayed amid frantic efforts to refloat it.
The vessel — the 200,000-ton Japanese-owned Ever Given cargo ship — was freed Monday morning after a complicated rescue mission that drew attention from around the world as authorities and workers scrambled to unclog the crucial waterway. Since being refloated, the ship has been anchored midway through the canal, in the Great Bitter Lake.
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