This is a timelapse video simulation of the successful refloating operation of the stranded container ship Ever Given that blocked the Suez Canal.
The video is based on real-time ship position data, reconstructed by the team of VesselFinder.
Analysts expect it could take at least another 10 days to clear the backlog on either end of the Suez Canal.
The Ever Given had crashed into a bank of a single-lane stretch of the canal about 3.7 miles north of the southern entrance, near the city of Suez.
That created a massive traffic jam that held up billions of pounds a day in global trade and strained supply chains already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic.
At least 367 vessels, carrying everything from crude oil to cattle, had backed up to wait to traverse the canal.
Dozens of others have taken the long, alternate route around the Cape of Good Hope at Africa’s southern tip – 3,100-mile detour.