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March 28, 2024
Suez Canal: The full 'worm moon' helped break the logjam

Suez Canal: The full ‘worm moon’ helped break the logjam

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

Children celebrate after the Ever Given container ship was freed in the Suez Canal on Monday, March 29.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

This satellite image was taken on Monday after the ship was dislodged.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

The Ever Given is accompanied by tugboats as it moves through the canal on Monday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

People watch the newly refloated Ever Given on Monday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

This satellite image shows the ship stuck in the Suez Canal on Sunday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

Tugboats try to free the ship on Sunday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

Workers try to dislodge the ship on Sunday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

A tugboat operates on the Ever Given on Sunday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

A woman walks with children near the ship on Saturday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

A nighttime view of the massive container ship on Saturday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

A boy watches a couple of tugboats trying to free the Ever Given on Friday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

The enormous ship can hold up to 20,000 containers.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

A tugboat works alongside the Ever Given on Friday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

Ships anchored outside the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, on Thursday. Ships couldn’t get through while the Ever Given was blocking the route.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

An excavator removes mud and sand from around the bow of the Ever Given on Thursday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

Ships wait in Egypt’s Great Bitter Lake on Thursday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

Lt. Gen. Ossama Rabei, the head of the Suez Canal Authority, watches the Ever Given from another vessel on Thursday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

Tugboats sit alongside the Ever Given on Thursday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

This satellite image shows the blocked canal on Thursday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

The Ever Given’s bow is wedged in the mud and sand along the banks of the canal n Wednesday.

Container ship freed in Suez Canal

At 1,312 feet, the Ever Given is almost as long as the Empire State Building.