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It's NOT GOING KNOWHERE

Tugs and diggers have so far failed to dislodge a massive container ship stuck in the Suez Canal on Wednesday increasing the chances of prolonged delays in what is arguably the worlds most important waterway

Work to refloat the ship was suspended until Thurs morning in Egypt shipping agent Inchcape said citing the Suez Canal Authority Dredgers are still trying to loosen the vessel before any attempt to pull it out the ship’s manager said

It’s taxing to even grasp how big this ship is. About a quarter mile long & weighing in at 200,000 metric tons its sheer size is overwhelming the efforts to dig it out. A huge yellow excavator, itself about twice as tall as its driver, looks like a speck next to the ship

The situation has gotten so desperate that an elite salvage squad is due to arrive Thurs to work on prising the boat from the bank of the canal, where it’s blocking oceangoing carriers that haul everything from oil to consu