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Suez Canal blockage sparks hilarious meme fest

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March 26, 2021

Ship stuck in Suez Canal and tiny excavator to free it spark hilarious meme fest.

The massive container ship Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal and the efforts made to free it using a tiny excavator and bulldozer have sparked funny memes online.

millions of dollars an hour is the ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal.

Yes, we are talking about the massive container ship, Ever Given, stuck in the Suez Canal since Wednesday. According to several news reports, it is costing USD 440 million an hour as it blocks the canal that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

The container ship is blocking the movement of more than 100 ships by getting stuck in one of the world’s busiest waterways. On Thursday, the Suez Canal Authority also announced that they are temporarily suspending navigation until the grounded container vessel MV Ever Given is refloated.

According to a report by the Associated Press, images showed the ship’s bow was “touching the eastern wall, and stern looked lodged against the western wall – an extraordinary event that experts said they had never heard of happening before in the canal’s 150-year history”.

SUEZ CANAL BLOCKAGE SPARKS MEME FEST

Things got ‘interesting’ when the authorities brought a ‘tiny’ bulldozer and a excavator to free the ship and clear sand around the massive ship.

This whole messy situation obviously provided the internet with fodder for some hilarious memes. People got creative with their ideas to free Ever Given, some compared the tiny excavator with their life, and someone even created an entire Twitter page named – Guy With The Digger At Suez Canal.

See some of the best memes:

To Lego Excavator, from us all: pic.twitter.com/1rHQzAKHLP
— Shiv Ramdas (@nameshiv) March 24, 2021

If you think youre having a bad day, spare a thought for the helmsman who somehow managed to stick his giantass ship sideways into the goddamn Suez Canal & blocked it into literal gridlock & is currently costing every seafaring nation of Earth like millions of dollars every hour pic.twitter.com/DIWAxwctXa
— Shiv Ramdas (@nameshiv) March 24, 2021

Managed to dig out good part of the bulbous thingy. It's still stuck. #Evergiven #SuezCanal #Suez pic.twitter.com/zbeD59LA6V
— Guy With The Digger At Suez Canal (@SuezDiggerGuy) March 25, 2021

okay, hear me out pic.twitter.com/0FiCp33KJn
— Garrett Miller (@heyitsgarrett) March 25, 2021

Has anybody tried this? #Suez pic.twitter.com/PBBQrkyL2D
— Harrison Lee (@Tweetin_4_Jesus) March 25, 2021

"I am once again asking you for a bigger excavator." #Suez #BernieAtSuez pic.twitter.com/8wGPVzMULE
— Sarah Luginbill (@salu1292) March 25, 2021

My ambitious plan to free the boat is to push a huge cotton swab up the canal pic.twitter.com/ZnY4ehu8fx
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) March 25, 2021

me just trying my best pic.twitter.com/s1ESpPs0KY
— Kim Bhasin (@KimBhasin) March 25, 2021

Today’s Comic: We are all, in our own little way, that ship. pic.twitter.com/GVDjLxzErX
— Chaz Hutton (@chazhutton) March 24, 2021

Same energy#suezcanel #Suez #shippingcontainer pic.twitter.com/ycZEFSdw6Z
— Charlie Fenwick 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈 (She/her) (@TheTartanTart) March 24, 2021

Whenever I feel too small to make a difference I will think of the excavator. #Suez pic.twitter.com/Z8o6ONTIdB
— Marian Faa (@marianfaa) March 24, 2021

AIRLIFT THIS DOG TO THE SUEZ IMMEDIATELY https://t.co/bOvm6zXX8A
— Maladroithe (@Maladroithe) March 26, 2021

They need this dog at the Suez Canal immediately.. pic.twitter.com/Bxaz18hNgO
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) March 25, 2021

BREAKING; the evergreen ship has broken free of the suez canal and fallen down the stairs at the met gala. pic.twitter.com/v4GHkOmikv
— vm ❊ (@tentwentysixpm) March 25, 2021

Me vs these chapter edits pic.twitter.com/lIjJtmjrpc
— Shiv Ramdas (@nameshiv) March 25, 2021

Still figuring out how to get it out of here… 🙄#suezcanel pic.twitter.com/jfP8EzLggj
— فسيفساء (@zulmatkhana) March 25, 2021

Honourable mention pic.twitter.com/Ci4q0lK4vW
— Ben Harris-Roxas (@ben_hr) March 24, 2021

pic.twitter.com/rPxt9cvKkB
— Ben Harris-Roxas (@ben_hr) March 24, 2021

my name is Boat
and wen im tired
(but shipping werk
is still required)

then all I want
is lyttle snooze
i turn to side
i blok the Sooz
— Katy / krfabian (@krfabian) March 24, 2021