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Egyptian coast guards patrol as a ship navigates the Suez Canal on March 30, 2021, a day after a cargo vessel was dislodged from its banks. (Tarek Wajeh/AFP)
CAIRO Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority said Saturday that a shipping traffic jam caused by a giant container vessel getting stuck on the crucial waterway for almost a week has been cleared.
Traffic on the canal, a conduit for over 10 percent of world trade, had begun moving again on Monday evening after the 200,000-ton MV Ever Given was refloated with the help of international salvage experts.
“All the ships waiting in the waterway since the grounding of the… Ever Given have completed passage,” SCA chief Osama Rabie said in a statement by the canal authority.
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image captionThe Ever Given has been anchored in the Great Bitter Lake, the canal s midway point, since being refloated on Monday
The last ships stranded by the giant container vessel that was stuck in the Suez Canal have now passed through the waterway, the canal authorities say.
More than 400 vessels were left waiting at either end of the canal when the 400m-long Ever Given became wedged across it on 23 March.
But Egypt s Suez Canal Authority says the shipping traffic jam is now over.
Officials have opened an investigation into the incident and expect to made their findings public early next week.