All ships stranded by the grounding of the giant container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal in March have passed through the canal,ending the backlog that built up during the blockage,the canal authority said.
Egypt has held a gala parade celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from central Cairo to their new resting place in a massive new museum further south in the capital.
Tugboat worker Eslam Negm thought about all the ship memes- the world was laughing at Egypt. “No one was able to see how much pressure we were under,” he said.
It took six days to prise free a giant container ship that ran aground and clogged the Suez Canal,one of the world’s most crucial shipping arteries. It could take years to sort out who will pay for the mess.
Investigators are likely to examine the performance of the two Egyptian canal pilots aboard the Ever Given who were supposed to advise the captain.
The tugs blared their horns in jubilation as they guided the Ever Given through the water after days of futility that had captivated the world,drawing scrutiny and social media ridicule.
The cargo ship has been partially refloated after being stuck in the crucial waterway for six days and causing a massive traffic jam. The crew are very pleased.
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi is preparing orders to unload the cargo from the ship,a risky operation requiring mega-cranes and helicopters.
The global economic troubles triggered by a giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal have worsened with the blockage of more ships carrying billions of dollars of goods.
A nine-storey apartment building collapsed in the Egyptian capital on Saturday,killing at least five people and injuring about two dozen others,an official said.
The accident happened when someone activated the emergency brakes of a passenger train,which stopped abruptly and was struck from behind by another train.