What’s Backed Up at the Suez Canal? Live Animals, Oil and Food
- Roughly 185 vessels line up to head north or south on waterway
- Type of vessels in line include bulk, container, cargo ships
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The vessels lined up at the blocked Suez Canal, one of the world’s busiest waterways, are carrying everything from live animals to liquefied natural gas.
Crews on tugboats are struggling to remove Ever Given, a stranded container ship longer than the Eiffel Tower, and a look at the type of cargoes waiting to pass show the shipping delays have the potential to affect a range of industries.