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Suez canal blockage: tell us your ideas for how the Ever Given can be refloated

We would like to hear from readers about how the giant container ship Ever Given could be freed
  
  

Salvage efforts have included digging under the Ever Given where it is wedged onto the Suez canal’s banks.
Salvage efforts have included digging under the Ever Given where it is wedged onto the Suez canal’s banks. Photograph: Suez Canal Authority/EPA

Salvage teams from all over the world have been enlisted to help try to refloat the stricken container ship Ever Given after it became stuck in the Suez canal three days ago.

Efforts to pull it free using tug ships have so far failed as have attempts to dig it out of the sandy banks where it has become wedged. One expert said the cargo of thousands of containers might have to be unloaded, a process that could take weeks.

But are the experts missing something? We would like to hear from you about how the ship could be freed, particularly if you are a salvage expert, an engineer or you have significant experience in shipping.

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