Rotterdam:
The container ship Ever Given, which got stuck in the Suez Canal for six days in March, arrived in the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Thursday just after becoming released by authorities in Egypt.
It was scheduled to dock at Rotterdam’s ECT Delta terminal for unloading till Aug. 3 ahead of departing for Felixstowe, England, the port stated.
The vessel, one of the world’s biggest container ships, became jammed across the canal in higher winds on March 23,halting website traffic in each directions and disrupting worldwide trade.
Roughly 15% of world shipping website traffic transits the Suez Canal, the shortest shipping route amongst Europe and Asia.
The 400-metre (1,312-foot) vessel, which is carrying about 18,300 containers, left Egypt on July 7, 106 days just after becoming wedged across a southern section of the waterway.
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