Suez Canal Blocked As Container Ship Runs Aground

Traffic of cargo vessels through Egypt's Suez Canal has been blocked after a large container ship ran aground in the southern end of the Canal on Tuesday. Tug boats were deployed to help the herculean task of shifting the 200,000-tonne vessel - the Ever Given, which is 400 meter long and 59 meter wide. Port agents GAC said that Suez Canal tugs have been working to free the fully loaded vessel bu