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The bridge of the oil tanker Navig8 Aronaldo erupted in cheers after Capt. Malik Naushad told his crew to prepare to weigh anchor midnight Tuesday and start their voyage out of the Suez Canal, where they had been stuck for six days by the grounding of the Ever Given. Back at the German offices of …

A view shows the container ship Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, after it was partially refloated, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 29, 2021. Suez Canal Authority | Reuters The Ever Given, the massive container ship that became wedged in the Suez Canal and cut off traffic in the vital waterway for …

Preparations under way to move the Ever Given to the Great Lakes area. A massive container ship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal for nearly a week has been partially refloated, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said on Monday, raising hopes the busy waterway will soon be reopened for a huge backlog of ships. Also …

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Two additional tugboats sped Sunday to Egypt’s Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free. The massive Ever Given, a Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned …

The Ever Given, a container ship almost as long as the Empire State Building is tall, ran aground in the Egyptian canal on Tuesday after being caught in 40-knot winds and a sandstorm. It is now hoped that tug boats can make use of the winds and tides Saturday to dislodge the 224,000-ton ship, the …

By Reality Check & Visual JournalismBBC News image copyrightSatellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies An operation to free a giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal is continuing, with warnings it could take days or even weeks. The Ever Given, operated by the Taiwanese company Evergreen Marine, is the length of four football pitches and …

CAIRO — An enormous container ship became stuck while traversing the Suez Canal late Tuesday, blocking traffic through one of the world’s most important shipping arteries and threatening to add one more burden to a global shipping industry already battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The ship, which was heading from China to the port of …

A man was fined after he broke the layer of ice on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam with his boat on Thursday morning. A sailing ban is in place in the area around Noordermark, to promote ice formation in the hope that locals will soon be able to skate on the canals, ANP reports. Amsterdam banned …

A water main break has closed Canal Street and part of I-95 south in Stamford on Tuesday morning. Police said Canal Street at N State Street is closed to vehicular traffic from Tresser Boulevard, Elm Street and S State Street due a water main break in the area. The off ramp for Interstate 95 south …

HANCOCK, Mich. (WLUC) – A technology class from Hancock High School added a new addition to Canal View Nursing Home in Houghton County. The advanced industrial technology class from Hancock High School assembled a new pergola for nursing home residents at Canal View Wednesday. “This particular project was brought to us by Bruce Witting last …