[ti:Ship Gets Stuck in Suez Canal, Blocking All Traffic] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]A massive container ship got stuck in the Suez Canal [00:05.76]and blocked all traffic in the important waterway for more than a day. [00:12.04]The Suez Canal Authority said the 400-meter-long ship, [00:18.24]called Ever Given, got stuck Tuesday morning [00:22.92]after facing high winds and a dust storm. [00:27.96]Experts said that had never happened before [00:32.28]in the canal's 150-year history. [00:36.36]By mid-afternoon on Wednesday, Reuters reported [00:41.52]that officials were still working to free the ship. [00:45.16]The news agency got the information from GAC, [00:50.44]a Dubai-based shipping services company. [00:54.64]Pictures published on social media appeared to show the ship [00:59.92]positioned across the full width of the canal. [01:04.20]Others from the canal authority showed digging equipment on the shore [01:10.68]removing dirt and rock that blocked the ship's path. [01:15.68]The Panama-registered ship transports goods between Asia and Europe. [01:23.56]Evergreen Marine Corporation is a major Taiwan(China)-based [01:28.40]shipping company that operates the ship. [01:31.92]It said in a statement that Ever Given had been hit by strong winds [01:38.48]as it entered the canal from the Red Sea, but none of its containers had sunk. [01:45.08]The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea [01:49.76]to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. [01:54.00]About 30 percent of the world's container ship traffic [01:58.76]passes through the waterway each day. [02:01.96]GAC said in a message on its website that shipping traffic [02:08.12]was expected to restart as soon as Ever Given [02:12.76]can be moved to another position. [02:15.52]About 30 ships waited at Egypt's Great Bitter Lake [02:21.12]midway on the canal, The Associated Press reported. [02:27.00]The report was based on information [02:30.12]from canal service provider Leth Agencies. [02:34.76]In addition, about 40 waited in the Mediterranean near Port Said, [02:41.84]while another 30 at were stopped at Suez on the Red Sea. [02:46.88]Among the ships were at least seven carrying [02:51.36]around 5 million barrels of crude oil, [02:55.08]financial data company Refinitiv said. [02:59.72]The company that manages the ship, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, [03:05.36]said it is investigating the incident. [03:09.60]It added that all 20 crew members were safe [03:13.64]and it had "no reports of injuries or pollution." [03:19.28]The company also said the ship never lost power. [03:24.12]Each day, an average of 50 ships pass through the canal, [03:29.88]said Salvatore Mercogliano, [03:32.72]a professor of history at North Carolina's Campbell University. [03:38.92]"Every day the canal is closed ... container ships and tankers [03:45.12]are not delivering food, fuel [03:48.04]and manufactured goods to Europe," he told the AP. [03:53.84]"And goods are not being exported from Europe to the Far East." [03:59.60]Security experts also warned that ships stuck in the Red Sea [04:05.72]could be targets after a series of attacks against shipping in the Mideast [04:12.04]as tensions rose between the United States and Iran. [04:17.44]Shipping data company Dryad Global warned [04:22.32]that all ships should consider establishing a higher alert level [04:27.84]if forced to remain in the area for an extended period. [04:33.24]Oil prices rose more than 2 percent Wednesday [04:37.64]as news of the blockage led to concerns over supply. [04:42.88]Industry experts said the effects of the incident on oil and gas flows [04:49.48]will depend on how long it takes to reopen the canal. [04:54.80]I'm Bryan Lynn. [04:56.88]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM