In 2021, COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out worldwide. Which ship blocked the Suez Canal that year?

The Ever Given is correct: in March 2021, this massive container ship ran aground diagonally in the Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s busiest trade arteries for six days. The jam halted hundreds of ships and disrupted global supply chains already strained by the pandemic-era demand surge, costing billions in delayed goods and fuel. Context to remember it: about 12% of global trade moves through the Suez Canal, making any blockage a global event. The ship’s operator, Evergreen Marine, paints its vessels with “EVER” names—think “Ever Given”—a handy mnemonic: “Ever Given ever given us a global traffic jam.” By contrast, the Maersk Alabama was the ship from the 2009 piracy incident, the MSC Opera is a cruise ship, and the CMA CGM Marco Polo is a large boxship but not the Suez blocker.