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Saturday, 27 March 2021

BBC News

• 'Our customers are worried about the Suez Canal blockage'A freight-forwarding firm says it has 20 containers stranded on the Ever Given container ship.

Financial Times

• US offers to help Egypt unblock Suez CanalLargest shipping group says air the only option for essential goods as companies fret over risks to cargo

The Guardian

• Suez Canal: Biden offers help as some vessels head for Cape of Good HopeUS president offers US equipment to help free the Ever Given, as shipping company Maersk begins rerouting cargoJoe Biden has said the US is looking at what it can do to help free the 400-metre container ship Ever Given from its position blocking the Suez canal as the trade route crisis stretched into a fifth day.“We have equipment and capacity that most countries don’t have. And we are seeing what help we can be,â€� the US president said on Friday in Delaware. His comments came after a US official said the navy was prepared to send a team of dredging experts to the canal, but was awaiting approv...

Other News Sources

• LNG-electric Tugs Ordered to Service the LNG Canada ProjectA unique partnership formed between the Haisla Nation and North Vancouver-based Seaspan ULC will produce battery-powered and low emissions tugboats to serve the $40 billion LNG Canada project in Kitimat, B.C.Majority-owned by the Haisla Nation…
• Stockholm’s 30 mph electric ferry “a whole new take on public transport”New electric ferry could revolutionise the transport industry according to its maker, as it looks to launch its passenger ship next year.