Suez Canal reopens 

After almost a week taken to dislodge a  giant container ship blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes, Suez Canal reopens.

Tug books celebrated by honking their horns as the 400m-long (1, 300ft) Ever Given was dislodged on Monday with the help of dredgers.

According to Peter Berdowski CEO of Dutch Salvage company Boskails, said the Ever Given had been refloated at 15:05 (13:05GMT) on Monday “ there by making free passage through the Suez Canal possible again”.

Salvage teams  faced a daunting challenge after the 200, 000-tonne ship ran aground last Tuesday morning in high winds and a sandstrom which reduced visibility.

SMIT, a Dutch specialist team, oversaw a flotilla of 13 tugs, tired to disloged the Ever Give.

Dredgers were brought in and dug 30, 000 cubic meters of mud and sand from beneath the ends of the ship.

Eventually high tides helped the tugs and dredgers in their work and early on Monday, the stren ( the rear of the ship) was freed and the great ship swung across the canal, amid shouts of celebration. Hours later, the bow ( front) too came unstuck and the Ever Given was able to move out.

Ever Given was towed to the Great Bitter Lake, which sits between two sections of the canal to the north of the salvage site, where it will undergo safety checks.

On Monday evening ships were travelling southwards towards the Red Sea while canal services provider Leth Agencies said vessels had resumed transit form the Great Bitter Lake.

Ever Given’s containers are carrying variety of items and the insured value of the cargo is believed to be over hundreds of millions of dollars.

Some ships have already left the region preferring to take an alternative longer route around the southern tip of Africa.