Ship blocking Suez Canal re-floats after 6 days of attempts to dislodge it

The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal was re-floated on Monday and is currently being secured, Inch Cape Shipping Services said in a post on Twitter.

The Suez Canal Authority had earlier said in a statement that tugging operations to free the ship had resumed. Rock under vessel's bow complicates efforts to dislodge ship blocking Suez CanalUS Treasury yields rise, but hold below one-year highs of last week.

The Suez Canal Authority had earlier said in a statement that tugging operations to free the ship had resumed.