Suez canal: Japanese owner of stricken ship talks of plan to refloat it

Seven gas tankers are diverted from blocked waterway as huge traffic jams build up on both sides

The Japanese owner of a container ship that has been blocking the Suez canal for more than three days says it aims to free the vessel by tomorrow night Japan time" but cannot guarantee the effort will be complete by then.

Global shipping companies are starting to re-route cargo away from a jam of vessels on both sides of the stricken container ship Ever Given, which is blocking one of the world's key trade arteries.