The Ever Given successfully piloted the Suez Canal for the first time since it got stuck in the waterway, maritime tracker MarineTraffic's mapping data showed on Sunday.The Ever Given exited the canal and entered the Mediterranean Sea at around 14:00 Egypt time, which is 16:00 Israel time.The vessel passed the point that it had run aground the previous transversal earlier without incident.
The reported destination of the container vessel is Rotterdam, Netherlands. According to Bloomberg, on Wednesday the vessel was almost fully loaded, "sitting in the water just shy of its maximum 16-meter draft."The Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, got jammed across the canal on March 23 and remained stuck for six days, stopping traffic in both directions.Egyptian authorities held the ship and the crew for weeks over claims that the jam had cost the Suez Canal Authority almost $916 million. According to the BBC, the accident cost global trade almost $10 billion.
Reuters contributed to this report.