Mediterranean Sea
Port Said
Ever Given
location
Suez canal
Fayed
Suez
Cairo
Other
vessels
Nile River
Red Sea
50 km
Egypt
50 miles
Tugboats are working to free the vessel which blocked a lane through which more than 50 ships a day passed in 2019
Area of focus of
sand dredging
280m
wide
Suez
canal
The Ever Given is one of the largest container ships in the world ...
... Standing 73 metres high and 57 metres clear of the water ...
57m
73m
... Comparable to a 20-storey block of flats
Tugboats are working to free the vessel which blocked a lane through which more than 50 ships a day passed in 2019
Mediterranean Sea
Port Said
Area of focus of
sand dredging
Ever Given
location
Suez canal
Fayed
Suez
Cairo
Attempts to bring larger tugboats to the site are underway
Other
vessels
Nile River
280m
wide
Red Sea
50 km
Suez
canal
Egypt
50 miles
The Ever Given is one of the largest container ships in the world ...
... Standing 73 metres high and 57 metres clear of the water ...
... Comparable to a 20-storey block of flats
73m
57m