Megaship blocking Suez Canal may be refloated soon: owner

This satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies shows tug boats and dredgers attempting to free the MV Ever Given on March 26, 2021, in the Suez Canal. - AFP

CAIRO (AFP): The owner of a megaship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal hopes to refloat it as early as Saturday (March 27), as the crisis forced companies to re-route services from the vital shipping lane around Africa.

The MV Ever Given, which is longer than four football fields, has been wedged diagonally across the span of the canal since Tuesday, blocking the waterway in both directions.