The giant cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal is threatening to play havoc with global trade as Downing Street warns of delays in getting goods to the UK with shipments of electronics, toys and clothes all likely to be affected. Boris Johnson’s spokesperson said today that ‘goods destined for the UK may be delayed in … Read more
The giant cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal is threatening to play havoc with global trade as Downing Street warns of delays in getting goods to the UK with shipments of electronics, toys and clothes all likely to be affected. Boris Johnson’s spokesperson said today that ‘goods destined for the UK may be delayed in … Read more
Downing Street is warning of possible delays to items bound for the UK because of the stuck ship blocking the Suez Canal. Crews are frantically trying to dislodge the cargo carrier Ever Given – and the success or failure of the operation will have ramifications for British shoppers. Boris Johnson‘s official spokesperson said today: ‘We are … Read more
The ship that launched a thousand memes! Social media pokes fun at Suez Canal mega-ship and the digger trying to free it, comparing it to tackling their own problems The Ever Given got stuck in the vital shipping route in Egypt on Tuesday Egyptian authorities are trying to move the vessel with tugboats and a digger … Read more
A giant cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal could be stuck for weeks, an expert brought in to help with the rescue has admitted, as the number of vessels backed up behind the stricken ship hit 150. Peter Berdowski, CEO of Dutch company Boskalis which has been tasked with assisting the rescue, compared the ship … Read more
The race to unblock the Suez Canal took a bizarre turn today as eagle-eyed observers noticed that the cargo ship obstructing the canal had steered a rudely-shaped course into the waterway. The MV Ever Given’s ill fortune began in the early hours of Tuesday when it left a phallic tracking pattern described as ‘innocent, but … Read more
One of the world’s largest container ships has blocked one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, threatening ‘catastrophic’ delays to global supply chains with workers now in a desperate race against time to free her. The 1,312ft-long, 175ft-wide, 200,000-ton MV Ever Given drifted across the entire width of the Suez Canal – in Egypt – … Read more
Suez Canal is BLOCKED as enormous 1,312ft, 200,000-ton cargo ship Ever Given runs aground – causing tailbacks snaking HUNDREDS of miles as every tugboat in Egypt is sent to help clear shipping lane The 200k-tonne MV Ever Given lost power while going through the Suez Canal The 1,312ft long vessel is blocking the entire width … Read more
Two dolphins have astonished crowds by swimming just a few hundred yards from St Mark’s Square amid quieter waterways due to coronavirus lockdown. The pair have been filmed swimming in the Grand Canal, Venice, in an ‘exceptionally rare’ sighting for the area. Footage showed the bottlenose dolphins, thought to be a mother and juvenile, hunting cuttlefish … Read more
A three-year-old boy who drowned in a fast-flowing canal after falling while feeding the ducks has been pictured. Dylan Milsom and his mother Shelley Nardini were by the Kennet and Avon Canal in Newbury, Berkshire, when he fell in at around 2pm on Saturday. Ms Nardini, 36, a social worker, jumped in to try to save him but he … Read more