2021 Suez Canal incident
On 25 March, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) stopped navigation through the Suez Canal until the Given could be refloated. The same day, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's advisor on seaports stated that he expected the canal to be cleared in "48–72 hours, maximum". The following day, the Suez Canal Authority said that its dredging operations were about 87 percent complete.