Container giant blocks Suez Canal

A container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal on its way from China to Europe. The 400-meter-long and 59-meter-wide freighter „Ever Given“, owned by the Evergreen shipping company, completely blocked the canal. The ship is one of the largest container ships in the world. How long the salvage would take was still unclear on Wednesday. On Wednesday evening, 185 ships were already waiting to cross the canal. The cause of the accident was a sandstorm that led to poor visibility and high wind speeds, Bloomberg cites the Suez Canal Authority.