What happens if 21st century technology quite literally runs into 19th century infrastructure? An important sea lane is blocked with big repercussions.
On Tuesday morning, the container ship Ever Given ran aground while navigating the Suez Canal. It swung sideways, blocking almost the entire channel. It hasn’t been refloated yet. Long queues of ships are stuck on both sides.
The Ever Given is large but there are larger container ships. It has a length of 400 metres, a width of 60 metres and a draught of 14.5 metres, with gross registered tonnage of 200,000 tonnes. The ship has an all-Indian crew with
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