Suez Canal starts work to extend double lane after Ever Given grounding

Grounding of the container ship in a southern section of the canal in March delayed the passage of hundreds of vessels through the waterway

Egypt has started dredging work to extend a second lane that allows for two-way traffic in a southern section of the canal near to where a giant container ship got stuck for six days in March.

The state-owned Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced last week that it was planning to extend a second canal lane that opened in 2015 by 10km to make it 82km long, and would widen and deepen a single lane stretch at the southern end of the canal.