The global economy already had a big problem. It just got much worse

The global economy already had a big problem. It just got much worse

The attacks in the Red Sea have threatened to throttle a vital part of the global economy that is already under pressure.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Hotspots,choke points,pirates:it’s not always smooth sailing for the world’s ships
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Hotspots,choke points,pirates:it’s not always smooth sailing for the world’s ships

Most of the world’s traded goods come to us on huge vessels by sea. We don’t give it much thought – until they run into trouble.

  • byMatt Wade
‘String of disasters’:China’s shipping delays set to widen trade chaos

‘String of disasters’:China’s shipping delays set to widen trade chaos

Still reeling from the pandemic and the Suez Canal blockage,an exhausted global shipping industry faces the biggest test of its stamina.

Suez Canal to be expanded after Ever Given fiasco

Suez Canal to be expanded after Ever Given fiasco

The Panama-flagged,Japanese-owned ship ran aground in the single-lane stretch of the canal on March 23,blocking international trade for six days.

Egypt seizes the Ever Given,says owner owes $US900m over Suez Canal blockage

Egypt seizes the Ever Given,says owner owes $US900m over Suez Canal blockage

“The vessel is now officially impounded,” Lieutenant General Osama Rabie told Egypt’s state-run television. “They do not want to pay anything.”

  • bySamy Magdy
Egyptian female captain subject to fake news campaign blaming her for blockage

Egyptian female captain subject to fake news campaign blaming her for blockage

Egypt’s first female ship captain says she was subject to a fake news campaign blaming her for grounding the Ever Given container ship in the Suez Canal,despite at the time working on a ship that was hundreds of kilometres away.

  • byAbbie Cheeseman
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Suez Canal shipping backlog ends,days after giant vessel freed

Suez Canal shipping backlog ends,days after giant vessel freed

All ships stranded by the grounding of the giant container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal in March have passed through the canal,ending the backlog that built up during the blockage,the canal authority said.

  • byOmar Fahmy
Stuck from stem to stern:The 144-hour scramble to pry loose the Ever Given

Stuck from stem to stern:The 144-hour scramble to pry loose the Ever Given

Tugboat worker Eslam Negm thought about all the ship memes- the world was laughing at Egypt. “No one was able to see how much pressure we were under,” he said.

  • bySudarsan Raghavan,Siobhán O'Grady andSteve Hendrix
Suez Canal blockage wreaked economic havoc. Working out who will pay could take years

Suez Canal blockage wreaked economic havoc. Working out who will pay could take years

It took six days to prise free a giant container ship that ran aground and clogged the Suez Canal,one of the world’s most crucial shipping arteries. It could take years to sort out who will pay for the mess.

  • byMotoko Rich,Stanley Reed andJack Ewing
Why the world’s container ships grew so big

Why the world’s container ships grew so big

The traffic jam at the Suez Canal will soon begin easing,but behemoth container ships such as the one that blocked that crucial passageway for almost a week and caused headaches for shippers around the world aren’t going anywhere.

  • byNiraj Chokshi
The Suez Canal crisis is over but the blame game begins

The Suez Canal crisis is over but the blame game begins

Investigators are likely to examine the performance of the two Egyptian canal pilots aboard the Ever Given who were supposed to advise the captain.

  • bySudarsan Raghavan andAdam Taylor