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by gtirloni 8 hours ago
The Ever Given was stuck in the Suez Canal.

Narrowest width:

- Strait of Hormuz (33 km)

- Bab-el-Mandeb (26 km)

- Strait of Gibraltar (13 km)

- Strait of Malacca (2.8 km)

- Bosphorus (700 m)

- Suez Canal (205 m) <- Ever Given

- Panama Canal (55 m)

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No I understand that the Suez Canal is unique but there are other ways one ship can blow it for everyone. Dumped toxic cargo for one.