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Cairo (AP) - Tug boats continue to try to free a stranded container ship in the Suez Canal.
Until then, shipping on the sea road will be temporarily suspended, the Suez Canal authority announced on Thursday.
She did not provide any information on how long the work could take.
There are still eight tug boats in use to move the transverse freighter.
He ran aground on Tuesday because the captain had poor visibility due to a sand storm.
The incident had caused a traffic jam on the important shipping route between Asia and Europe.
Shipping companies reported more than 100 waiting ships to the insurance group Allianz.
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According to information from the ship's radar, vesselfinder.com, the scheduled freighter “Ever Given” is sailing under the Panamanian flag.
He had come from China and on the way to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
According to experts, it is one of the largest container ships in the world.
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean with the Red Sea.
According to the Suez Canal Authority, almost 19,000 ships passed through the canal in 2020, an average of around 50 a day.
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Map showing the location of the freighter
Details of the ship (with map)
Details of the ship
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Communication from the Suez Canal Authority