Rescue efforts underway to resume Suez Canal traffic

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Rescue efforts are underway after a 224,000-ton Panama-flagged Ever Given giant container vessel got wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal on Tuesday.

At least 150 other ships are waiting to pass through the narrow canal that connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.

The Suez Canal Authority dispatched tugboats, a dredger and diggers to refloat the ship after it ran aground, but little progress has been made. Two professional rescue teams from Japan and the Netherlands are helping Egyptian authorities create a more "effective plan."

Another attempt was due to be made on Friday, the authority said.

A satellite image of the Suez Canal shows the container ship blocking traffic through the canal on March 24, 2021. /AP

A satellite image of the Suez Canal shows the container ship blocking maritime traffic on March 24, 2021. /AP

A digger attempts to dislodge the ship Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal on March 24, 2021. /Suez Canal Authority via AP

Two tugboats next to the Ever Give ship attempt to refloat it on March 21, 2021. /CFP

Diggers are applied to move the bank of the Suez Canal in an attempt to free the ship stuck across the canal on March 25, 2021. /AFP

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