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Thursday, 25 March 2021

Financial Times

• Suez Canal remains blocked after container ship runs agroundTailback of vessels threatens to disrupt global trade flows and worsen container shortage

The Guardian

• Suez canal: race to free 'beached whale' container ship enters third dayHead of dredging company says Ever Given is stuck on the sand and containers may have to be unloaded, a process that could take weeksThe mission to unblock the Suez canal after a vast container ship became wedged has entered its third day, as pressure builds on authorities to get one of the world’s key trade arteries flowing again.Efforts to refloat the 220,000-ton, 400-metre-long Ever Given resumed on Thursday after a brief overnight suspension,amid fears the operation could potentially take weeks if the vessel needs to be unloaded. Continue reading...

Belfast Telegraph

• Stuck ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwideA skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal further imperilled global shipping on Thursday as at least 150 other vessels idled while waiting for the obstruction to clear, authorities said.