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.

A grab from a video released by Egypt's Suez Canal Authority on March 29, 2021, shows tugboats pulling the Panama-flagged MV Ever Given container ship after it was fully dislodged from the banks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

People watch as the container ship ‘Ever Given’ is refloated, unblocking the Suez Canal on March 29, 2021 in Suez, Egypt. Getty Images “They do not want to pay anything,” Rabie told a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The blockage of the Suez Canal by a grounded container vessel threatens to deepen a supply chain crisis that has left global companies, port operators and shipping lines battling soaring costs and ...

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.