The cargo ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal cost the world billions of dollars. But did you know how this man made canal trapped 14 cargo ships, getting stuck in a lake for 8 whole years, surrounded by 750,000 deadly explosive mines, causing the longest traffic jam in sea shipping history? Let’s get into it!
Sources:
[Evergreen’s MV Ever Given Stuck in the Suez Canal]
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-what-has-caused-a-traffic-jam-in-the-suez-canal-7243543/
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/03/26/how-evergreens-ship-got-stuck-in-the-suez-canal/7010375002/
OH NO: misfortune's unerring aim touched #EVERGIVEN's track as it departed the designated anchorage and steamed into the Canal.
(innocent, but terrible luck)
Source: https://t.co/MsTUgVgyTH pic.twitter.com/6YIrpz4i9C— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 24, 2021
[Suez Canal History]
https://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/English/About/SuezCanal/Pages/CanalHistory.aspx
https://www.historicalstatistics.org/Currencyconverter.html
[The Yellow Fleet – How 14 Ships Got Stuck for 8 Years]
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/557027/time-14-cargo-ships-were-trapped-suez-canal-eight-years
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/al-jazeera-world/2019/11/20/suez-the-yellow-fleet-trapped-by-the-1967-arab-israeli-war
[How the Ever Given Was Freed]
https://www.businessinsider.com/mashhour-ever-given-suez-canal-ship-dredging-ship-2021-3
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/03/29/ever-given-refloated-and-freed-how-did-they-get-the-ship-out-of-the-suez-canal/7043678002/
[Sunken Costs]
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56559073
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/suez-canal-ever-given-1.5985482
https://www.businessinsider.com/ever-given-might-move-containers-due-legal-limbo-report-says-2021-4
[Other Sources]
https://youtu.be/tnj1MNCIxvA
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExU2gFZWUAIT1GX?format=jpg&name=4096×4096
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExU2gFVXAAc0Wrd?format=jpg&name=large
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senusret_III#/media/File:Sesostris_III_Sphinxkopf.jpg
https://youtu.be/WK6632RpV8I
https://youtu.be/WggWtDb-uMo
https://catalogs.marinersmuseum.org/media/Media/00001/Postage%20Stamps%20of%20the%20Great%20Bitter%20Lake%20Associatio00635822369284287777.pdf
http://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/html/gbla.htm
https://youtu.be/vOpgQkmU4ws
https://www.youtube.com/c/SuezCanalAuthorityEG/videos
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