One Ship Blocked the World’s Trade for 6 Days | The Suez Canal Disaster

In March 2021, one enormous container ship brought one of the world's most important shipping routes to a standstill. The Ever Given — a nearly 400-metre-long container ship — became wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking maritime traffic for six days and disrupting global supply chains. Hundreds of ships were stranded. Billions of dollars worth of cargo were delayed. And the world discovered just how fragile international trade could be. In this cinematic 4K documentary, discover: 🚢 How the Ever Given became stuck in the Suez Canal 🌍 Why this narrow waterway is so important to global trade ⚓ How hundreds of ships were affected 💰 Why the blockage disrupted billions of dollars worth of cargo 🌊 How salvage teams finally freed the massive vessel 🔎 What the incident revealed about the vulnerability of global supply chains Featuring cinematic 3D reconstructions, geographic visualizations and an exploration of one of the most extraordinary shipping disruptions in modern history. Chapters: 00:00 — One Narrow Passage, Global Consequences 00:32 — Why the Suez Canal Matters 01:12 — The Global Shipping Machine 01:48 — How the Ever Given Got Stuck 02:38 — Six Days of Global Disruption 03:23 — The Economic Ripple Effect 04:06 — How the World Started Moving Again Visuals include illustrative 3D reconstructions and credited satellite imagery. The estimated value of delayed cargo should not be interpreted as an equivalent economic loss. #SuezCanal #EverGiven #Documentary #GlobalTrade #MaritimeHistory #3DAnimation