The administration of the Suez Canal told about the removal of the vessel from the shallows

He said this during a press conference.

“This is the first such operation in the world, when the vessel was able to be refloated without resorting to unloading containers,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

He also confirmed that "on March 29, from 18:00 local time (19.00 Moscow time), navigation on the channel was resumed."

On March 23, ships were blocked in the Suez Canal area after one of the world's largest container ships, Ever Given, ran aground, blocking the channel.

Admiral Mohab Mamish, adviser to the Egyptian president on the development of seaports and the Suez Canal, said that the Egyptian side would demand compensation from the container ship owner, which had previously blocked the Suez Canal.