Stranded container ship in Suez Canal freed

According to BBC, a giant container ship that remained stuck across Egypt's Suez Canal for over a week has been refloated.

There was a viral video on social media showing the stern of the Ever Given swung towards the canal bank, opening space in the channel.

Setting the ship free was a tiresome effort involving tugboats and dredgers.

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi had also directed relevant authorities to lighten the load of the stranded ship.

The Suez Canal, which runs through Egypt, is one of the world's busiest trade routes, and the Ever Given - part of the Evergreen fleet - has been wedged in it since Tuesday.

The stranded ship had caused more than 300 ships to be stuck on either side of the blockage and some vessels have had to reroute around Africa.