SUEZ – Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal container ship that had been stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal before it was freed as questions swirled about the grounding that had shaken the global shipping industry and clogged one of the world's most vital waterways.
The Ever Given was anchored in the Great Bitter Lake, a wide stretch of water halfway between the north and south ends of the canal, after salvage teams succeeded in finally freeing the skyscraper-size vessel on Monday afternoon.
The ship, stuck sideways in a narrow stretch of the canal, had halted billions of dollars a day in maritime commerce. A senior canal pilot, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to journalists, told The