# Breaking News: Suez Canal blocked by a mega-sized container vessel \[Cleared\]

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**Created:** [March 23, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-suez-canal-blocked-by-a-mega-sized-container-vessel-cleared/938516 "2021-03-23T21:52:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-suez-canal-blocked-by-a-mega-sized-container-vessel-cleared/938516/419 "2021-04-03T18:53:02Z")

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We have a [volcano](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56482798) erupting in Iceland right now but being a small one, it barely made a [blip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcanic-eruption-in-iceland/939124) on this board.

It’s about 2-1/2 miles from the [site](https://www.navycthistory.com/keflavik_iceland_intro.html) I worked at when I was at Kef, closed a generation ago.

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