People swim in the sea, with vessels waiting to pass through the Suez Canal in the background, in Egypt. The 400m-long Ever Given container ship blocked the Suez Canal as it was knocked off course during a sandstorm on 23 March while en route from China to Rotterdam, Netherlands. About 12% of global trade passes through the canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and provides the shortest sea link between Asia and Europe.
- Package: Egypt Suez Canal Traffic Blockade
- Categories: Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Egypt
- Event date: 26.03.2021
- Date published: 26.03.2021
- Author: Samuel Mohsen
- Credit: Sputnik/РИА Новости
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3000x2000px, 3.5Mb
- Job-ID: b802a05face8fe88