Suez Canal reopens after giant stranded ship is freed
Traffic has resumed in Egypt's Suez Canal after a stranded container ship blocking it for nearly a week was finally freed by salvage crews.Tug boats honked their horns in celebration as the 400m-long (1,300ft) Ever Given was dislodged on Monday with the help of dredgers.Hundreds of ships are waiting to pass through the canal which links the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.It is one of the world's busiest trade routes.The cost of the Suez Canal blockageHow do you refloat a giant cargo ship?In pictures: Efforts to shift huge ship from canalPeter Berdowski, CEO of Dutch salvage company Boskalis, said the Ever Given had been refloated at 15:05 (13:05 GMT) on Monday, "thereby making free passage through the Suez Canal possible again".Egyptian officials say the backlog of ships waiting to transit t...
