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| Giant container ship stuck in Suez Canal FREED after blocking vital waterway for nearly a week (VIDEO) | Giant container ship stuck in Suez Canal FREED after blocking vital waterway for nearly a week (VIDEO) |
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| The skyscraper-sized container ship has been refloated nearly a week after it lodged sideways in the Suez Canal, bringing all traffic to a screeching halt and causing billions of dollars in losses due to delivery delays. | |
| The long-awaited liberation of the ship sparked raucous celebrations at the port. The vessels trapped by the giant 'beached" vessel for almost a week were blowing their horns as they rejoiced at the news. | |
| The Ever Given was refloated at 04:30 local time on Monday, Inchcape tweeted, adding that the ship, which is one of the largest container vessels in the world, is “being secured at the moment.” | The Ever Given was refloated at 04:30 local time on Monday, Inchcape tweeted, adding that the ship, which is one of the largest container vessels in the world, is “being secured at the moment.” |
| Earlier on Monday, the Suez Canal Authority reported that 10 tug boats would pull and push the Panama-flagged ship from four different directions at dawn, hoping to get advantage of high tide. | |
| It is unclear when some 320 ships that are waiting in the massive traffic jam to transit the channel will be given the green light to pass. | |
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