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Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated

The ship was successfully re-floated at 4.30 am local time. [Suez Canal Authority/Handout via Reuters]

Shipping was on the move again late on Monday in Egypt’s Suez Canal after tugs refloated a giant container ship that had been blocking the channel for almost a week, causing a huge build-up of vessels around the waterway.

With the 400-metre-long (430-yard) Ever Given dislodged, 113 ships were expected to transit the canal in both directions by early Tuesday morning, Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chairman Osama Rabie told reporters.

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