The Ever Given container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal in March left Egyptian waters at 4 a.m. local time following inspections at Port Said, a canal source said on Tuesday.
Ship tracker MarineTraffic showed the Ever Given to be underway in the Mediterranean Sea north of the Egyptian coast.
The container ship, one of the world’s largest, resumes its voyage to Rotterdam 112 days after becoming wedged across a southern section of the Egyptian waterway for nearly a week and disrupting global trade.
The ship was released on July 7 after protracted negotiations and an undisclosed settlement was reached between the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and the Ever Given’s owners and insurers.
(Reporting by Yusri Mohamed, writing by Nafisa Eltahir, editing by Aidan Lewis, Louise Heavens and Jane Merriman)
Photograph: This March 27 photo shows the Ever Given when it was still wedged across the Suez Canal, blocking traffic through this vital waterway. Photo credit: AP Photo/Mohamed Elshahed.
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