One of the largest ships in the world was refloated and was moving through the Suez Canal on Monday after being grounded for seven days, authorities said.
Hopes heightened that hundreds of waiting ships would soon be sailing through the crucial global waterway. The stern of the Ever Given, which had been grounded about four yards from the bank, earlier had been swung more than 100 yards away, the Egyptian-owned Suez Canal Authority said in a statement.
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