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There has been a
effort over the past week to free the 400-metre-long ship. Dredgers cleared sand underneath it in an
to refloat it. Around 30
boats worked to pull it away from the canal's
. They were helped by a high
during the salvage operation. Egypt's president thanked everyone in the effort to refloat the ship. He said the refloating was a "
technical complexity". He added: "The world can
rest assured about the
of goods through this pivotal shipping
. Egyptians today proved that they are always up to the
."
