Suez Canal: Containers could be taken off from Ever Given, officials say as salvage efforts continue

>Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie told Egyptian television channel Extra News the country's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi had ordered the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) to prepare for all options, including taking some of the 18,300 containers off the 1300-foot long Ever Given. Without elaborating, he added that officials had been in talks with the U.S. about the possibility of removing some of the cargo.

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Egypt's president orders preparations be made to unload Ever Given's cargo if refloating fails, a high risk strategy adding days of delay

>Efforts are currently underway to refloat the ship. The floatation efforts included towing and pushing the grounding vessel using 8 large tugboats, the Suez Canal Authority said.

>Authorities are also working to dig the Ever Given out of the sand, The Wall Street Journal reported. Dredgers have shifted 27,000 cubic meters of sand to a depth of 18 meters, Arab News said.

>But plans are in place to unload the cargo of the massive ship if these efforts fail, CGTN Africa reported.

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