Power Failure led to Grounding of Giant Containership in the Suez Canal

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An ultra-large containership is aground, and blocking ship traffic in the Suez Canal.
The MV Ever Given is stuck sideways towards the south end of the canal near Suez, Egypt, preventing ships from passing in either direction. Several tugs have been on scene for several hours working to dislodge and refloat the ship.
Shipping agent G.A.C. reports that the grounding occurred at 07:40 a.m. local time on Tuesday March 23, at kilometer 151 after the vessel suffered a black out while transiting.
It seems the Ever Given had just begun its transit of the waterway, as part of a northbound convoy when the incident occurred.
At 400 meters long, and a little over 20,000 T.E.U. capacity, the Panama-registered M.V. Ever Given is among the largest containership in service.
The MV Ever Given is underway to Rotterdam from China.

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