BBC :
The Japanese owner of the giant cargo ship that has been blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal since Tuesday has apologised for the disruption to global trade. Shoei Kisen Kaisha said shifting the Ever Given was proving “extremely difficult”, but that it was “working hard to resolve the situation”. The 400m-long (1,300ft) vessel became wedged across the canal after being blown off course by high winds. At least 150 ships are now waiting to pass through the vital waterway.
About 12% of global trade passes through the 193km-long (120-mile) canal, which connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and provides the shortest sea link between Asia and Europe. A flotilla of eight tug boats resumed efforts to dislodge the Ever Given at high tide on Thursday morning after stopping overnight, Egyptian officials said.
The head of a specialist salvage company assisting the operation warned that it could take weeks to move the boat and that containers might have to be lifted off to lighten its load.
