00:00In March 2021, the massive Ever Given container ship wedged tight across the shallow Suez Canal.
00:06$10 billion of crude oil and consumer goods free solid every single day inside hundreds of idling
00:14vessels. Powerful tugboats pull with immense force, but hydrodynamic suction and the ship's
00:21massive weight cause steel tow cables to snap under the extreme tension. Heavy excavators
00:27dredged thousands of tons of sand and mud from around the bow to help free the massive
00:32vessel. Global supply chains strain as the massive Ever Given container ship wedges tight
00:38across the shallow Suez Canal.
