The massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March reached its destination on Thursday. The Ever Given arrived in the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands with its 18,000 containers of cargo. The ship had been heading for Rotterdam when it plowed into the sandy bank of the Suez Canal and caused a global shipping traffic jam this spring.
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