The 200,000 gross tonnage Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, ran aground in the canal around 7:40 a.m. local time on Tuesday en route to the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

The Suez Canal Authority said eight tug boats were working to move the vessel, but even after 48 hours of attempting to free the boat, it is still blocking the route.

This map from MSC’s website shows the usual routes taken by ships operating the service via the Suez Canal. Image: This map from MSC's website shows the routes taken by ships on the Australian ...

Egyptian authorities say an oil-drilling ship capsized in the Gulf of Suez, killing at least four crewmen and leaving four ...

The Suez Canal Authority said eight tug boats were working to move the ship, but even after 48 hours of attempting to free the boat, it is still blocking the route.

The map doesn’t show the Suez Canal. It shows normal traffic in a different area, around the Arabian Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Aden. Experts say the impact of the six-day blockage of ...

The Suez Canal provided a vital trading route from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and beyond to Africa and Asia. Suez Canal opened to traffic in November 1869 It was built by Frenchman Ferdinand de ...

The blockage in the canal, which provides a transportation route for 10% of global trade, could disrupt the flow of nearly $10 billion worth of goods that travel through the Suez every day.

An aerial view shows ships waiting to cross the Suez Canal on March 27, 2021, when the waterway was blocked. Attacks by the Houthis may have serious implications for the trade route.

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1868 created a new trade route between Europe and Asia as an alternative to ... The Isthmus of Suez and the River Euphrates in a detail from a map of Arabia by ...

This map from MSC’s website shows the usual routes taken by ships operating the service via the Suez Canal. Image: This map from MSC's website shows the routes taken by ships on the Australian ...