# Ever Given's Suez Canal blockage still disrupting global shipping - Nikkei Asia

> Global shipping is still affected a month after the Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal for about a week. High sea freight rates and traffic jams are pushing exporters to use air and rail routes.

- Date: 2021-05-02 · published 2021-05-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46991-ever-given-s-suez-canal-blockage-still-disrupting-global-shipping-nikkei-asia
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent port congestion and high freight rates raise delivery costs and slow trade flows. Those costs can widen import-export price spreads for bulk commodities.

## Sources

- asia.nikkei.com: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/markets/ever-given-s-suez-canal-blockage-still-disrupting-global-shipping

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