2021 Suez Canal incident
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On 23 March 2021, Ever Given, a container ship, got stuck on the shore of the Suez Canal in Egypt.[3] The ship was 400 meters long. A sand storm and strong winds of up to 74 kilometres per hour (40 knots; 46 miles per hour) made it hit the banks in the canal.[4] Authorities said that this was not the main reason for the accident and that something probably went wrong with the ship or the crew made a mistake. The accident stopped any other vessels from passing through the canal.
Date | 23–29 March 2021 (2021-03-23 – 2021-03-29) |
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Time | 07:40 EGY (05:40 UTC) |
Duration | 6 days and 7 hours |
Location | Suez Canal, Suez, Egypt |
Coordinates | 30.0175°N 32.5800°E / 30.0175; 32.5800[1] |
Type | Ship grounding |
Cause | Under investigation[2] |
By 27 March, four days after the ship got stuck, over 300 ships were lined up to pass through the canal while they waited for the problem to be fixed.[5][6] On March 29th, 2021, the ship was finally free to move again.[7][8] However, the event made a major impact on the global economy, because all cargo ships traveling across the Suez Canal were delayed.[9]