CAIRO, Egypt—The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week has been re-floated, Inchcape Shipping Services said on Monday. The ship is currently being secured, raising expectations the vital waterway could soon be reopened. The ship was successfully re-floated at 4:30 a.m. local time on a high tide, Inchcape, a global provider of marine services said on Twitter. Ship-tracking service VesselFinder has changed the ship’s status to under way on its website. However, according to disinformation researcher John Scott-Railton, the channel may still be “partially obstructed by the Ever Given, with half of the ship’s body remaining in the undredged half of the canal. The 400-metre (430-yard) long Ever Given became jammed diagonally across a southern section of the canal in high winds early on Tuesday, halting shipping traffic on the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia. At least 369 vessels were waiting to transit the canal, including dozens of …
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