The Ever Given prepares to dock in Felixstowe more than four months after it blocked the Suez Canal 

That’s one long journey! Container ship the Ever Given waits off the Suffolk coast as it prepares to dock in Felixstowe more than four months after it blocked the Suez Canal The Ever Given is preparing to dock in UK months after blocking the Suez Canal Originally, the container ship was due to dock in Suffolk … Read more

The Ever Given FINALLY arrives in Rotterdam to unload its cargo after megaship blocked Suez Canal

The giant container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week and stopped £42billion worth of world trade four months ago has finally arrived in the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands to begin unloading its cargo.      As dawn broke over the sprawling port, the Ever Given eased into the Amazonehaven container terminal … Read more

Egypt set to release megaship Ever Given which blocked the Suez Canal as it agrees compensation deal

Egypt finally gets set to release megaship Ever Given which blocked the Suez Canal as it agrees compensation deal with vessel’s owners – after previously demanding $550million The Ever Given will be freed from a holding lake in the Suez canal on Wednesday The vessel was seized due to a failure to pay compensation and … Read more

Suez canal blockage caused a spike in air pollution

Last month’s Suez canal blockage caused by the grounding of the Ever Given super tanker led to a spike in sulphur dioxide emissions, according to satellite data.  The pollutant is a greenhouse gas which is spewed out by the burning of the type of fuel oil used in ship engines.   Evidence from the Tropomi apparatus … Read more

Egypt ‘seizes’ megaship which blocked the Suez Canal

A megaship which blocked Egypt’s Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week has been ‘seized’ on court orders until the vessel’s owners pay $900 million, canal authorities said Tuesday. The MV Ever Given was seized due to its failure to pay $900 million in compensation, Suez Canal Authority chief Osama Rabie was … Read more

Egypt’s first female ship captain blamed her for blocking Suez Canal in fake rumours

How Egypt’s first female ship’s captain was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal – despite her being hundreds of miles away at the time Marwa Elselehdar was first mate in command of the Aida IV in Alexandria Online rumours spread that she had caused the Ever Given to run aground  She was the youngest and … Read more

Egypt’s first female ship captain blamed her for blocking Suez Canal in fake rumours

Egypt’s first female ship’s captain say ‘fake news’ reports blamed her for blocking the Suez Canal despite her being hundreds of miles away Marwa Elselehdar was first mate in command of the Aida IV in Alexandria Online rumours spread that she had caused the Ever Given to run aground  She was the youngest and first … Read more

Suez Canal backlog is CLEARED: More than 400 supertankers stuck in shipping traffic jam are freed

Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority said on Saturday that a shipping traffic jam of over 400 tankers 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 … Read more

Egypt seeks $1bn compensation for Ever Given crisis which blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week

Egypt is expecting more than $1 billion (£722 million) in compensation after a cargo ship blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, according to the top canal official. Suez Canal Authority (SCA) CEO Ossama Rabei also warned the ship and its some $3.5 billion (£2.5 billion) worth of cargo will not be allowed leave … Read more

Indian crew of Ever Given face ARREST as Egyptian authorities probe crash on Suez Canal

The pilots and crew onboard the massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal could face arrest and be ‘made scapegoats’ for the incident as investigators continue to search for the cause of the grounding that strangled global trade. Union officials fear the 25-man Indian crew onboard the 220,000-ton Ever Given, which found itself wedged across … Read more