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3.5 days to clear Suez tailback once ship refloated: Egypt canal chief
CAIRO, March 29, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Once the container ship blocking the
Suez Canal is refloated it will take three and a half days to clear a traffic
jam of hundreds of vessels, Egyptian authorities said Monday.
“The canal will be functioning 24 hours per day immediately after the ship
has been refloated,” Suez Canal Authority chief Osama Rabie told Egyptian TV.
It will then take “around three and a half days” to clear the backlog, he
said.
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