It was a long six days but the Ever Given has finally been freed from the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal Authority employed the Dutch dredging and heavylift company Boskalis to assist.
Watch how they did it : 👇
Watch how they did it : 👇
A dredger known as a Mashhour and more than a dozen tugboats helped free the ship. The dredger is capable of moving 70,000 cubic feet of sand per hour. In total, more than 1 million cubic feet of sand and mud were removed from around the ship. businessinsider.com/mashhour-ever-… 
Also pivotal to freeing the ship, which is slightly larger than the Empire State Building, were the moon and tides in the canal. Workers attempting to free the ship worked in tandem with rising and lowering tides to free the ship from the Suez. businessinsider.com/suez-canal-hig…
According to The New York Times, a full moon and resulting "king tide" on Sunday provided favorable conditions to re-float the Ever Given as it allowed for a few extra inches of tidal flow. businessinsider.com/how-ever-given…
Even though the Ever Given is now free, there's still a backlog of ships to get through. @LloydsList has the count at 372 ships waiting to get through, while @business estimates it to be a higher number with more than 450 ships waiting to get through. businessinsider.com/suez-canal-eve…
It will take some time to clear the backlog of ships. Mohab Mamish, the Egyptian president's advisor for the canal, told Bloomberg it could take weeks to resolve the back up. Maersk, the world's biggest shipping company, warned that it could take months. businessinsider.com/suez-canal-eve…
The Suez Canal blockage prevented an estimated $9.6 billion in trade every day, according to Lloyds List, or more than $50 billion after 6 days. Live animals and goods like toilet paper, coffee, and furniture are on the blocked ships. businessinsider.com/toilet-paper-c…
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