The Suez Canal blockage may be the most remembered news story of 2021, largely because of the extraordinary way in which it flooded the internet.

In total, there have been five closures to the Suez Canal since its opening in 1869, one of which has forced the vital shipping route to shut down for years.

The crisis in the Suez Canal last month turned the world’s attention on a single challenge few had ever considered: how to refloat a 200,000-ton mass of steel, as long as the Empire State ...

After working for almost a week to free the massive Ever Given, salvage experts accomplished the monumental task Monday — using loads of elbow grease and help from the peak of high tide.

Since it was completed in 1869, the Suez Canal has been one of the world’s most important bodies of water; a portal between East and West that has been controlled by multiple countries ...

If one of the world's largest container ships had remained solidly lodged in the Suez Canal for much longer, it could have had far-reaching implications.

Egypt has impounded the Ever Given — the massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal and disrupted global commerce for days — while officials negotiate a hefty compensation payment with ...

Suez Canal Authority, via Reuters The company that oversees the ship’s operations and crew, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, said 11 tugboats had helped, with two joining the struggle on Sunday.

The Suez Canal facilitates around 10 percent of global trade today, up from 7.5 percent in 2009. While the big boat blockage is a neat spectacle, however, it is unlikely to change international ...

This briefing has now ended. Follow our latest Suez Canal updates. Days after the Ever Given became lodged in the canal, its rudder has been freed and dredging is complete. Some salvagers hope it ...

Rescue teams working to dislodge the giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal have failed in another bid to free the boat, according to the vessel’s technical manager.

Suez Canal blocked by massive container ship Ever Given: Live Panama-flagged container ship is still grounded and canal authorities are working to refloat it, marine agent says.