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    Ship Happens: Coffee, Livestock, Ikea Furniture Among The Objects Stuck At The Suez

    by Camila Domonoske Mar 29, 2021 2 minutes
    The container ship Ever Given was refloated, unblocking the Suez Canal in Egypt on Monday. Among the objects that were blocked by the ship were livestock, French oak and Ikea furniture.

    Livestock and lumber. Oil and automobiles. Exercise equipment and instant coffee.

    Those were just some of the products that were blocked by the ship just dislodged from the Suez Canal, in a bizarre maritime drama that captivated people around the world and illustrated just how fragile global supply chains can be.

    After nearly But the consequences could linger for weeks: Hundreds of ships have been stuck on either side of the Suez Canal, and it will take some time to clear the backlog.

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