Major Inconvenience: Behold Ever Given, The Ship Blocking Suez Canal

Ever Given, the Panama-flagged cargo ship leased by the Evergreen company, was on her way from China to the Netherlands when it became stranded sideways in the Suez Canal on Tuesday. The incident was reportedly caused by the "stormy weather" that forced the vessel to run aground, and now a whole flotilla of tugboats, dredgers and diggers is trying to rescue the ship - however, the operation may take many days or even weeks.

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A dredger attempts to free stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, after it ran aground in the Suez Canal, Egypt, 26 March 2021.

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Stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it ran aground, in the Suez Canal, Egypt, 26 March 2021.

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An excavator attempts to free stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, after it ran aground in the Suez Canal, Egypt, 25 March 2021.

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Stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it ran aground in the Suez Canal, Egypt, 26 March 2021.

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A container ship that was hit by strong wind and ran aground is pictured in the Suez Canal, Egypt, 24 March 2021.

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A closer view of the 400-metre, 224,000-tonne Ever Given container ship, leased by Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp, seen blocking the Suez Canal in this European Space Agency Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite Image, taken on 24 March 2021.

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Officials monitor a container ship which was hit by strong wind and ran aground in Suez Canal, Egypt, 24 March 2021.

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The 400-metre, 224,000-tonne Ever Given container ship, leased by Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp, is seen blocking the Suez Canal in this European Space Agency Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite Image, taken 24 March 2021.

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Workers are seen next to a container ship hit by strong wind and run aground in Suez Canal, Egypt, 24 March 2021.

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Planet Labs Inc satellite image shows Ever Given, a container ship operated by the Evergreen Marine Corporation, stranded in the Suez Canal, Egypt, 23 March 2021.

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A handout picture released by the Suez Canal Authority on 24 March 2021 shows the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen), which is 400m (1,300ft) long and 59m wide, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway of Egypt's Suez Canal.