Suez Canal: Efforts resume to free Ever Given container ship as shipping jams force boats to consider turning around |

Efforts have resumed to free the container ship blocking the Suez Canal, as fears it could take “weeks” force trapped boats to consider turning around.

Eight tug boats are currently working to drag the 400m (1,312ft) Ever Given to deeper water after it ran aground and blocked one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes on Tuesday morning.

Dredgers are also trying to clear mud and sand from underneath it in the hope it will eventually dislodge.

At least 150 vessels, including other container ships carrying oil, gas and grains, are backed up…