The Ever Given, the cargo ship which held up global trade for nearly a week after running aground in the Suez Canal, was finally on its way towards the Mediterranean after breaking free this afternoon.
A massive operation involving 15 tugboats, a dredger and a now world-famous digger, along with two spring tides, succeeded in pulling it away from the canal’s banks.
The stern was freed in the early hours of this morning, swinging away into mid-stream.
The bow remained stuck in the mud, but the late morning high tide sufficed to pull it away too and it was yanked into mid-stream just after 3pm local time.
By that time President Sisi had declared the crisis over. “By restoring matters to their normal course, with
