The Country Made from 14 Stranded Ships

The cargo ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal cost the world billions of dollars. But did you know how this man made canal trapped 14 cargo ships, getting stuck in a lake for 8 whole years, surrounded by 750,000 deadly explosive mines, causing the longest traffic jam in sea shipping history? Let’s get into it!

Sources:

[Evergreen’s MV Ever Given Stuck in the Suez Canal]
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-what-has-caused-a-traffic-jam-in-the-suez-canal-7243543/
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/03/26/how-evergreens-ship-got-stuck-in-the-suez-canal/7010375002/
https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1374515642339004417

[Suez Canal History]
https://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/English/About/SuezCanal/Pages/CanalHistory.aspx
https://www.historicalstatistics.org/Currencyconverter.html

[The Yellow Fleet - How 14 Ships Got Stuck for 8 Years]
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/557027/time-14-cargo-ships-were-trapped-suez-canal-eight-years
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/al-jazeera-world/2019/11/20/suez-the-yellow-fleet-trapped-by-the-1967-arab-israeli-war

[How the Ever Given Was Freed]
https://www.businessinsider.com/mashhour-ever-given-suez-canal-ship-dredging-ship-2021-3
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/03/29/ever-given-refloated-and-freed-how-did-they-get-the-ship-out-of-the-suez-canal/7043678002/

[Sunken Costs]
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56559073
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/suez-canal-ever-given-1.5985482
https://www.businessinsider.com/ever-given-might-move-containers-due-legal-limbo-report-says-2021-4

[Other Sources]
https://youtu.be/fxS4tBiwTSs
https://youtu.be/geKPpNEDZeI
https://youtu.be/tnj1MNCIxvA
https://youtu.be/sw3buU7goHo
https://youtu.be/Bh_2X5XMoUk
https://tenor.com/view/austin-powers-stuck-evergreen-ship-ever-given-stuck-suez-suez-canal-gif-20883194
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExU2gFZWUAIT1GX?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExU2gFVXAAc0Wrd?format=jpg&name=large
https://youtu.be/t5IKbYcLgQA
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https://youtu.be/xoP9OQxSd9c
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senusret_III#/media/File:Sesostris_III_Sphinxkopf.jpg
https://youtu.be/ZpZUr7V2M_E
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https://youtu.be/CurmnLKikyI
https://youtu.be/LTyelOWIGh0
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https://youtu.be/fmYSIqfZQKo
https://youtu.be/eIoxV0C4NHQ
https://youtu.be/YUaq56T5qSo
https://youtu.be/iep9EJ9H1aU
https://youtu.be/httSHnNXN10
https://youtu.be/WggWtDb-uMo
https://youtu.be/NpKbULrB9Z8
https://youtu.be/DYJY20zPtqo
https://catalogs.marinersmuseum.org/media/Media/00001/Postage%20Stamps%20of%20the%20Great%20Bitter%20Lake%20Associatio00635822369284287777.pdf
http://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/html/gbla.htm
https://youtu.be/vOpgQkmU4ws
https://youtu.be/eQdEzFO0MOE
https://youtu.be/x3LwHhDD6TY
https://youtu.be/PmD0YKEOh_0
https://youtu.be/UDm3NlSSJyg
https://www.youtube.com/c/SuezCanalAuthorityEG/videos
https://youtu.be/rW23RsUTb2Y
https://youtu.be/tXwQ9oc_ImU

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