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Friday, 26 March 2021
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- Suez blockage is holding up $9.6bn of goods a dayThe stranded mega-container ship is delaying $400m (£292m) an hour in goods that can't be moved east or west.
Financial Times
- The bank effect and the big boat blocking the SuezPerhaps it was the wind. But in hydrodynamics, size matters.
- Suez Canal clearance could take ‘weeks’, says salvage companyProlonged shutdown of vital trade route risks severe disruption to supply chains
- Cruising back from the brinkAfter a year of terrible headlines and soaring losses, cruise lines are showing signs of an unlikely resurgence
The Guardian
- Suez canal: shipping companies start rerouting as crisis drags onSeven liquefied natural gas tankers are being diverted away from the blocked waterway, as fears grow operation to free ship could take weeksGlobal shipping companies have begun to re-route cargo away from the Suez canal as the blockage of the crucial international waterway by the stricken vessel Ever Given entered a fourth day.With the stuck ship holding up an estimated $9.5bn worth of goods in huge traffic jams at either end of the canal, seven tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) were diverted on Friday after the blockage caused traffic in the Suez canal to be suspended. Continue rea...
London Evening Standard
- Race to free giant cargo ship blocking Suez Canal enters third dayA giant cargo ship has continued to block the Suez Canal for a third day as at least 150 other vessels idled waiting for the ship to move.
C.N.N.
- Suez Canal authorities need to remove up to 706,000 cubic feet of sand to free the Ever GivenUp to 20,000 cubic meters (706,000 cubic feet) of sand in the Suez Canal need to be removed to free the gigantic container ship that has been stuck there since Tuesday, according to the canal authorities.
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- Fresh tidal lagoon challenge launched in WalesThe Welsh Government has revived its plans for the construction of multiple tidal lagoons along its coastline.
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