Suez Canal – waterway speared by Neptune

The Suez Canal ground to a halt because of a stranded container ship is preventing goods worth an estimated $9.5billion per day from passing either way through the canal. Avoiding the canal by sailing around Africa, a 14-day 5,000 nautical mile journey, can add $450,000 in costs. A prolonged blockage could drive up the price of new cars by causing a shortage of computer chips, as well as furniture, homewares, clothing, footwear and toys.   The ship, the Ever Given, wedged itself three