Salvage experts warn the Suez Canal could be closed for days or even weeks as engineers struggle to refloat the giant container vessel blocking one of the world's busiest shipping lanes u.afp.com/UYfH
VIDEO: Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said it was doing all it could to refloat the MV Ever Given, the 400-metre (1,300-foot) long, 200,000 tonne vessel that veered off course and ran aground in a sandstorm on Tuesday
The MV Ever Given and the Suez Canal.
#AFPgraphics illustrating the dimensions of stranded container ship the MV Ever Given and the Suez Canal, where it is stuck
Suez Canal.
Satellite photo showing the Suez Canal, the area where MV Ever Given ran aground, and some 300 immobilised vessels at both approaches
Hopes rose on Saturday that a mega-ship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal could be refloated within days, even as the crisis forced companies to consider re-routing vessels around the southern tip of Africa u.afp.com/UYXW
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