After 6-day blockage, traffic in Suez Canal resumes as trapped ship re-floated

The grounded container ship in Suez Canal has been re-floated successfully, which means that navigation along the Canal can be resumed, Admiral Osama Rabie, Chairperson of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), announced on Monday.

The EVER GIVEN vessel was dragged to the Great Bitter Lake anchorage area, in order to initiate the vessel’s technical inspection. The vessel had blocked the international waterway for six days.

Rabie said that Egypt succeeded in ending the crisis in the Suez Canal before reaching the stage of unloading the trapped ship’s cargo.