Ships Larger Than Three Soccer Fields Show Why Suez Is Blocked

Mega vessels increase economies of scale for shipping industy
Ever Given got stuck in Suez Canal early Tuesday causing jam

The Ever Given container vessel blocks the Suez Canal on March 25.Source: Airbus Space

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By Ann Koh, Kyunghee Park, and K Oanh Ha

March 25, 2021 at 6:49 AM UTC

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March 25, 2021 at 8:44 AM UTC

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The maritime world went into overdrive this week to dislodge one of the world’s biggest ships after it got jammed in Egypt’s Suez Canal, laying bare the fresh challenges the industry must navigate as mammoth vessels play an ever larger role in global trade.