Stuck from stem to stern: The 144-hour scramble to pry loose the Ever Given Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Sudarsan Raghavan, Siobhán O'Grady and Steve Hendrix April 2, 2021 Normal text size Very large text size Ismailia: In the predawn dark, Magdy Gamal sat in the bridge of the Mosaed 2 and stared up at an iron wall of futility. So far, nothing in six frantic, hazardous days of effort had budged the massive bulk of the Ever Given, 200,000 tonnes of steel and consumer goods blocking the fourth-busiest shipping lane in the world.