Suez Canal blockage underscores a serious risk for supply chains

Container ships grow in size and become potential obstacles in trade arteries

20210401 Ever Given container ship

The Ever Given container ship wedged in the Suez Canal on March 26.  © Maxar Technologies/Reuters

TOMIO SHIDA, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- Traffic resumed in the Suez Canal on Monday evening after the gigantic container ship that had been stuck in the waterway was dislodged.

But it was only after the 400-meter-long behemoth had clogged the vital trade artery for nearly a week, causing a backlog of more than 400 ships waiting to cross, and hefty losses.

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