SCENE + HEARD: Daily Post What's Going On in the Suez Canal By Staff Thursday, March 25, 2021 12:01 PM On Tuesday morning, a ship nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall got stuck sideways in the middle of the Suez Canal, one of the most important trade waterways in the world. According to Wired, "at least 150 ships laden with oil, automotive parts and consumer goods have now accumulated on both sides of the Suez in this painfully slow moving crisis. Approximately $10 billion worth of fuel and products, bound for far reaches of the planet, are now stuck in an aquatic traffic jam." So how on Earth did this happen, and how can it be undone? Head over to Wired for a deeper look at this unusual situation.