Suez crisis: Blocked supertanker disrupts global supply chains
By France24
30 March 2021 |
9:13 am
Vaccine rows are putting the focus on global supply chains. So is a stranded supertanker in the Suez Canal, holding up traffic for now more than 150 vessels. Also, are vacationers really still planning an Easter escape to Mallorca? As virulent new strains of Coronavirus tear through Europe, the lives versus livelihoods debate goes to the beach.
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