Some 321 tankers and cargo vessels are now stuck waiting to transit the Suez Canal which has been blocked for the past five days. Authorities have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to dislodge the massive 1,900-ft long Ever Given, which is firmly lodged around 3.7 miles north of the southern entrance of the … Read more
Insurance industry on the hook for millions over grounded Suez Canal cargo ship By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 March 2021 The insurance industry faces a mammoth bill after a giant cargo ship continued to block the vital Suez Canal. The 1,312 ft … Read more
Downing Street is warning of possible delays to items bound for the UK because of the stuck ship blocking the Suez Canal. Crews are frantically trying to dislodge the cargo carrier Ever Given – and the success or failure of the operation will have ramifications for British shoppers. Boris Johnson’s official spokesperson said today: ‘We are … Read more
A stricken container ship remained stranded in the Suez Canal today in a blockage which could cause ‘catastrophic delays’ to global shipping. Port authority GAC, which controls traffic through the canal, said workers were still racing to refloat the 1,312ft-long, 175ft-wide, 200,000-ton MV Ever Given after it veered off course in a sandstorm on Tuesday. … Read more
The race to unblock the Suez Canal took a bizarre turn today as eagle-eyed observers noticed that the cargo ship obstructing the canal had steered a rudely-shaped course into the waterway. The MV Ever Given’s ill fortune began in the early hours of Tuesday when it left a phallic tracking pattern described as ‘innocent, but … Read more
One of the world’s largest container ships has blocked one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, threatening ‘catastrophic’ delays to global supply chains with workers now in a desperate race against time to free her. The 1,312ft-long, 175ft-wide, 200,000-ton MV Ever Given drifted across the entire width of the Suez Canal – in Egypt – … Read more
Suez Canal is BLOCKED as enormous 1,312ft, 200,000-ton cargo ship Ever Given runs aground – causing tailbacks snaking HUNDREDS of miles as every tugboat in Egypt is sent to help clear shipping lane The 200k-tonne MV Ever Given lost power while going through the Suez Canal The 1,312ft long vessel is blocking the entire width … Read more
Two dolphins have astonished crowds by swimming just a few hundred yards from St Mark’s Square amid quieter waterways due to coronavirus lockdown. The pair have been filmed swimming in the Grand Canal, Venice, in an ‘exceptionally rare’ sighting for the area. Footage showed the bottlenose dolphins, thought to be a mother and juvenile, hunting cuttlefish … Read more
Moment police raid illegal rave on boat in north London and arrest organiser who has already been fined £10,000 for similar lockdown bash – as officers in North Yorkshire catch reveller hiding in the ATTIC at party North Yorkshire Police raided an illegal house party in Scarborough after reports One reveller was spotted by police … Read more
A canal boat owner has claimed his 100-year-old vessel sank after it was ‘moved without permission’ during the filming of a Netflix series. Anthony Beanlands, 46, was homeless before moving into his canal boat in Hackney Wick, London, and lost everything he owned when it sank two weeks ago. He had been living with family … Read more