Grounded Ever Given’s sister ship set to sail through Suez Canal

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Ever Ace–the world's largest container ship is headed towards the Suez Canal, months after its sister ship Ever Given had gained notoriety for blocking the strategic waterway.</p>
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Currently docked at Suffolk, the UK, it is gaining attention from the British media for its massive proportions–400 metres in length and 61.5 metres wide, with a carrying capacity of 23,992 containers. Tall as a skyscraper, it is visible from far.<br />
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<a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2021/09/13/World-s-largest-container-ship-to-cross-Suez-Canal-after-sister-ship-blocked-waterway">The ship's plan is to sail</a> to the Dutch port of Rotterdam after which it will cross the Suez Canal.<br />
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The ship is owned by the Taiwan-based shipping company Evergreen Marine, which also owns its sister ship–the Ever Given, which ran into the Suez shoreline earlier this year and blocked global shipping for nearly a week. Egypt held the ship for causing losses to the Suez Canal authorities and released it after accepting an undisclosed sum.<br />
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After the widely-reported incident, the Suez Canal Authority said that it was working on a multi-billion-dollar project to widen portions of the canal to make it easy for gigantic ships to pass through.<br />
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The owners of the Ever Ace and the Ever Given plan to run more similar-sized containers.</p>