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  • FRANCISCO CARRIÓN

Updated on Friday, 26March2021-22: 41

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Since Tuesday the Ever Given, one of the largest freight ships on the planet, has been crossing the Suez Canal.

Its monumental skeleton, loaded with containers, appears among the palm groves that line the sea lane through which between 9 and 10 percent of world traffic passes.

The

400-meter-long

mass

blocks a rift with 151 years of history that, along 193.3 kilometers, connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea.

The

sine die

closure

of the shipping lane more

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