# 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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**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-suez-canal-blocked-by-a-mega-sized-container-vessel-cleared/938516/80 "2021-03-24T15:11:19Z")

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[Supposedly](https://www.gac.com/news--media/hot-port-news/efforts-to-refloat-grounded-vessel/) it’s been partly refloated and its direction turned.

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