Egypt’s Suez Canal blocked by large container ship

An official warned it could take at least two days to clear the ship (Suez Canal Authority via AP)

A skyscraper-sized container ship has become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal and blocked all traffic in the vital waterway.

The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground on Tuesday in the narrow, man-made canal dividing continental Africa from the Sinai Peninsula.