The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been freed, allowing traffic in the waterway to finally resume.
Egyptian authorities said other vessels were moving again after the gigantic Ever Given ship was refloated.
Helped by a high tide, a flotilla of tug boats managed to wrench the ship's bow from the canal's sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since last Tuesday.
The Ever Given, which is carrying 20,000 containers, is now being pulled by the salvage team to the Great Bitter Lake - a wide stretch of water halfway between the north and south end of the canal, where the ship will have a technical inspection.
"She's free," said an official involved in the operation.
Evergreen Line, which leases the ship, said the outcome of the inspection will determine whether it can resume its scheduled service. It added that following the inspection, decisions will be made about the arrangements for the cargo on board.
Efforts to get the ship moving again appeared to have been frustrated after high winds swung it back across the channel after its partial refloating earlier on Monday.
There had been intensive efforts to push and pull it with 10 tug boats and vacuum up sand with several dredgers.
Osama Rabei, the head of the Suez Canal Authority, confirmed the ship had responded successfully to "pull-and-push manoeuvres".
He said it could take from two-and-a-half to three days to clear the backlog.
The oil price fell as news of developments in the canal emerged, with the price of Brent crude down by 2% to just over $63 (£46) a barrel.
It had been feared the Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned ship might be stuck for weeks.
Dredgers overnight shifted more than 27,000 cubic metres of sand - to a depth of 18m (59ft) - with work taking place around the clock.
The skyscraper-sized Ever Given became stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal last Tuesday and the resulting disruption to the vital waterway has held up £6.5bn in global trade each day.
Hundreds of other vessels had remained trapped in the canal waiting to pass, carrying everything from crude oil to cattle.
More than two dozen vessels opted for the alternative route between Asia and Europe around the Cape of Good Hope, adding around a fortnight to journeys and threatening delivery delays.
The 400m (1,312ft) long Ever Given became jammed diagonally across a southern section of the canal in high winds.
As of Saturday, 321 boats were waiting to get through the canal, including dozens of container ships, bulk carriers and liquefied natural gas (LNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessels.
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2021-03-29 13:26:57Z
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