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Egypt shuts Suez Canal amid struggle to refloat grounded megaship
The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal said Thursday they faced "extreme difficulty" refloating it, as Egypt temporarily closed one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's advisor on seaports, Mohab Mamish, told AFP late Thursday that "maritime navigation will resume again within 48-72 hours, maximum".
"I have experience with several rescue operations of this kind and as the former chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, I know every centimetre of the canal", said Mamish, who oversaw the recent expansion of the waterway.
However, salvage experts had warned earlier on Thursday the shut-down could last days or even weeks, potentially forcing businesses to re-route cargo ships around the southern tip of Africa in a blow to global supply networks.
On the third day of the crisis, global shipping giant Maersk and Germany's Hapag-Lloyd both said they were looking into going around Africa.
The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal said Thursday they faced "extreme difficulty" refloating it, as Egypt temporarily closed one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
