25 Mar 2021

Explaining the impact of the Suez Canal traffic jam

From Afternoons, 1:30 pm on 25 March 2021

You may have heard about the massive traffic jam in the Suez Canal - caused by a giant container ship that has run aground.

The Suez Canal is a vital trade route connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, so we thought we'd get our Worldwatch presenter Perlina Lau in to explain what is going on and why the impact is so huge

The 200,000 tonne ship may take days to remove.

Photo: AFP / Suez Canal Authority

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