Here We Go Again: Ship Briefly Blocks Suez Canal, Prompting Wave of Memes Online

In March, the unfortunate container ship Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal, forcing numerous cargo vessels to opt for alternate routes, travelling around Africa. The ship remained stuck for almost a week, resulting in massive losses as well as prompting thousands of memes mocking the situation.

Coral Crystal ship briefly blocked the Suez Canal on Thursday after the vessel ran aground. However, the ship was swiftly refloated and there were no problems with traffic, according to a statement issued by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA).

"The Suez Canal Authority reacted quickly to the incident with the Coral Crystal container ship, which ran around and got stuck temporarily, the sixth column in the northern colony, at 54 km point in the canal", the press release said.

The incident, however, instantly went viral on the Internet, with netizens producing a significant amount of memes about the event.

🇪🇬⚡️Container ship BLOCKS Suez Canal AGAIN!

UPDATE: the Suez Canal was briefly blocked after "Coral Crystal" ran aground on Thursday but early reports indicate it was promptly refloated and the channel was reopened pic.twitter.com/omkIuKoc0s

— 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐚 (@Bhabanisankar02) September 9, 2021

Me, racing you, to find all previous Suez Canal memes. pic.twitter.com/IMTGbcvfTn

— Dubzky (@dubzkis) September 9, 2021

Gavin Williamson confirms that there is a boat stuck in the Suez Canal pic.twitter.com/N7dZ0Au5kx

— Fat Evil Buddha (@FatEvilBuddha) September 9, 2021

E andiamo#SUEZ pic.twitter.com/qrVwIldKV3

— Lord TrattoMale 🗣 (@trattomale) September 9, 2021

Apparently the suez canal is blocked again. pic.twitter.com/imZbSriTkc

— cancerousking (@washyehands) September 9, 2021

When will people learn! The Suez Canal was blocked again lmfaoo pic.twitter.com/vC62Z3fzeW

— Twiggy (@TurtwigTrainer1) September 9, 2021

If I had a nickel for every time the Suez Canal was blocked… pic.twitter.com/LWt17Upefy

— Chris Tozzi (@ctoz113) September 9, 2021

I see the #SuezCanal is blocked again ⁉️❗️⁉️❗️ pic.twitter.com/HeDy0rwPbM

— Metal Gear : Outer Heaven (@MgsOuterHaven) September 9, 2021

Everyone on twitter seeing that the Suez Canal is blocked again pic.twitter.com/lypGswyPZO

— Gwdihŵ🦉 (@youwouldknow) September 9, 2021

live look inside the suez canal authority control room pic.twitter.com/wE246RPKvN

— Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 (@eBridget) September 9, 2021