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Egyptians swim in the Suez Canal as a container ship moves through it, in Ismaila, Egypt, 27 May 2021. The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chairman Osama Rabie, in an interview with EFE News Agency in Ismailia on the eve of the start of the compensation trial against the 'Ever Given' said that the black box indicated a serious fault of the captain because the center of the ship wasn't in the middle of the entrance and entered with a high speed that is not allowed in narrow sea lanes, which led to the accident that choked the canal and entered the ship 12 meters in the deep of the shore because of the high speed. Rabie also said that “We are making a new 10 kilometers track to increase the number of passing ships and reduce the crossing time. And we're going to widen the canal 40 meters and increase the depth from 66 to 72 feet in the southern section” to prevent future accidents. (Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/EFE)
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