Explained: How A Giant 20,000-Tonne Ship Got Stuck In Suez Canal

Since Tuesday, the Japanese-owned Ever Given cargo ship, operated by a Taiwanese company, Evergreen Marine, has been wedged at an angle in Egypt's Suez Canal.

One of the largest ships at sea is stranded sideways in one of the world's key shipping canals, blocking millions of dollars in trade as frantic efforts to refloat it unfold. Since Tuesday, the Japanese-owned Ever Given cargo ship, operated by a Taiwanese company, Evergreen Marine, has been wedged at an angle in Egypt's Suez Canal. The trapped a 200,000-ton vessel - stuck in a position one industry expert compared to that of an "enormous beached whale" - has caused a traffic jam of cargo ships waiting to make it through, with ripples felt across world trade. Here's what happened.